Slow App Launch with Delays

Hi

Maybe I can catch the culprit who is delaying your app startup if you can record a general trace using Windows Performance Recorder.

1/Start Windows Performance Recorder, then begin recording a trace using the following params:



2/ After starting recording, run your application so that the recorder catches the delay.
3/ Stop recording after your application launches.
4/Compress the trace file (.ETL) and share it here.
5/ Cross fingers

uglyfatandalive said:

Hope I did it right! :)

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I tried only launching Photoshop while recording.

Can you zip the ETL file and share it again?

To better understand the issue, you said that the delay you are experiencing happens between the time you launched the app and when the app window appears.

When you recorded the trace, did you visually notice the delay when launching Photoshop?

uglyfatandalive said:

Yes it happens with all adobe apps - waiting then the app window. It doesn't happen on my work computer (which is slower) or my friends computer. They launch instantly there (the window).
Other apps also experience slow launches like the first time I open Chrome for example.

Yes, when I recorded the trace I waited few seconds before the PS logo.

Does the delay occur just the first time you open the app or every time?

In the trace, I see a delay of about 3 seconds before the Adobe app GUI appears. Is that what you noticed also?
But I don't see another process (e.g. antivirus...etc.) delaying the Adobe launch. What I see is just Photoshop loading its programs and DLLs!

Another test we can do is to restart a computer and record a trace when launching Chrome for the first time. Maybe we can see something interesting in the trace.