Retiredslacker Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 (edited) I thought it was just being pinned to the toolbar that made it not launch, but now every start it just hangs up then fails to run. I've installed the new version twice now, same result. W10 pro 64 bit. Any thoughts? Thanks. see my post below for details - it was actually a failing HDD. Edited January 20, 2017 by Retiredslacker solved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Are you up to date with all your windows updates? Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 I've had problems launching paint.net ever since Microsquish upgraded my OS to Windows 10 Home. The program opens, but not completely. With the first click I make "(not responding)" pops into the blue bar at the top, next to the paint.net version number. The cursor changes to a spinning circle and I wait. And wait. And wait. On earlier Windows 10 updates, and earlier versions of paint.net, the wait time was 10-15 seconds. But the wait time has grown to 1-2 minutes. When Windows 10 came out, I noticed a few programs taking a little longer to open, but paint.net has been the hardest hit. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but the problem persists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Reading other posts, I came across a tidbit of information that seems to have solved my problem, at least for the moment. When you uninstall paint.net, the effects, file types, and shapes subfolders do not get deleted. So I uninstalled the program, moved those subfolders out for safekeeping, and deleted the main folder. Then I reinstalled the program. With nothing in those newly reinstalled subfolders, paint.net launched just fine. So I downloaded an effects pack, got the plug-ins into the effects subfolder, and launched paint.net again. No problems. No "(not responding)" message, and no waiting. Loaded several more packs. Still no problems. Hope it stays that way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Well, I was wrong about having fixed the problem. I guess each time I loaded more plug-ins and relaunched, it had been hanging around in memory and so came up fast. But once it has a chance to clear from memory, it still takes nearly 2 minutes to load and give me a cursor. Any ideas? Anyone? Buehler? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toe_head2001 Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 5 minutes ago, Chuck said: ... it still takes nearly 2 minutes to load and give me a cursor. Are you using a Solid State drive, or a traditional Hard Disk drive? Quote (September 25th, 2023) Sorry about any broken images in my posts. I am aware of the issue. My Gallery | My Plugin Pack Layman's Guide to CodeLab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Traditional hard disk drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toe_head2001 Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 14 minutes ago, Chuck said: Traditional hard disk drive You could try defraging you hard drive; that should decrease the disk seek-time, and thus load the plugins faster. If you have the means, it is recommended to invest in a Solid State drive. Even the cheaper ones that connect over SATA are leaps and bounds faster than spinning hard drives. Quote (September 25th, 2023) Sorry about any broken images in my posts. I am aware of the issue. My Gallery | My Plugin Pack Layman's Guide to CodeLab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Plugins have to be loaded. Loading takes time. More plugins means more loading time. Therefore, to achieve lower loading time you must have fewer plugins. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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