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Slow opening MMC applications

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by joshhansen 1 view

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After upgrading from Windows 2000 SP4 to XP SP2, all MMC based applications wait 15 to 30 seconds or more before opening. No excess cpu, disk or memory usage is noted during this wait time. Once it opens, it performs as it should. If I close the mmc app and then immediately reopen it (waiting under 10 sec), it opens quickly. Other non-mmc applications open quickly. If I open just MMC by itself, it opens quickly but any shortcut (like the ones in Administrative Tools), have this wait time. Any ideas?

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by pb_valiant

check if programs are in the windows / prefetch folder if they are add /prefetch:1 to the start up path of the programs

Emaple
"I:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /prefetch:1

this should decrease the applications start up time.

by joshhansen

You pointed me in the right direction however the fix was to clear the prefetch folder. Things are opening quickly now. Thanks

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