sureshnrao77 Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 (edited) Hello. I have used Paint.net for a while and at recent updates, the program loads, hangs, message is "program is not responding", and then it gets going. Any thoughts ?? I run on 64 bit Win 10 Home. <email removed> Edited January 6, 2018 by Ego Eram Reputo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 The most common reason for this delay is a large number of installed plugins. You can test this by right clicking on the Effects folder and using Rename to give it a different name. That will effectively hide plugins from paint.net. I f paint.net starts quickly without plugins you have found your culprit. The solution is to cull a large number of plugins. Be ruthless. Remember to change the name of the Effects folder back again 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...
AndrewDavid Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Hi @sureshnrao77 Worthy of note is the fact that this only occurs on initial startup after cold start or reboot Closing the app and reopening without rebooting significantly reduces startup time. I too have WIN10 and over 500 plugins. I'm a hoarder and never know what I'll use next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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