Frequent "Not Responding" happening many the same session on a daily basis?

[Nocruor0]

Like the title says the latest version of paint.net is frequently getting into hiccups and getting a "Not Responding" status on my Lenovo Windows 10 64-Bit Home edition. It does recover from this and lets me continue and only 10% that i am forced to use Task Manager to close it.

I have some system specifications. Could my laptop be underpowered not enough ram?

Edited August 6, 2021 by Nocruor0

[BoltBait]

There are many reasons for this type of behavior. 
 

4G of RAM is definitely on the low side. If you can increase that, I would. 
 

It could also be caused by other software you have running, like Outlook? (a known memory hog)

 

Or, maybe your antivirus software is being too aggressive. Try whitelisting your Paint.NET directories. 

[Nocruor0]

2 hours ago, BoltBait said:

There are many reasons for this type of behavior. 
 

4G of RAM is definitely on the low side. If you can increase that, I would. 
 

It could also be caused by other software you have running, like Outlook? (a known memory hog)

 

Or, maybe your antivirus software is being too aggressive. Try whitelisting your Paint.NET directories. 

Both outlook and anti-virus programs are something i don't use.

[MJW]

13 hours ago, Nocruor0 said:

Both outlook and anti-virus programs are something i don't use.

 

Have you run the Task Manager to check on memory and CPU usage? Often when I get a Not Responding error, it's not due to the program for which the error is displayed, but some other program that's hogging memory or the CPU. A common example of such a program is Firefox, which seems to eventually take over all the free memory available.

[Pixey]

I too am experiencing a long start up with opening Paint.net and often get the Not Responding status too, which is sometimes helped by running the Taskmaster.

[Red ochre]

2 hours ago, Pixey said:

which is sometimes helped by running the Taskmaster.

😁 - I sometimes call it that too... do you get the TV show Taskmaster in the U.S.?

[Pixey]

38 minutes ago, Red ochre said:

do you get the TV show Taskmaster in the U.S.?

 

Ha, ha - a Freudian slip from moi 😁 I'm not sure if that show is available here, I've never watched it myself 😉

[Robt]

I too have this issue after an update a couple of months ago. It worked fine up until then it seems to want more & more memory every update. Do they think we can all afford to keep updating out PCs? I note that it uses a lot more memory but actually does nothing more than it used to. I would install an old version & not take updates if I could find one.

 

[Nocruor0]

On 8/7/2021 at 8:00 AM, MJW said:

 

Have you run the Task Manager to check on memory and CPU usage? Often when I get a Not Responding error, it's not due to the program for which the error is displayed, but some other program that's hogging memory or the CPU. A common example of such a program is Firefox, which seems to eventually take over all the free memory available.

Now that i remember it. I do use Firefox a lot. I'd normally avoid to mention this but i have a habitual habit of keeping several tabs open containing smutty content (japanese hentai images of fictional characters) well over 30 tabs since i have a habit of keeping old tabs open from several weeks ago. Don't ban or hurt me for this. 🤣😍.
Adding that to my very limited 4GB ram on a pc notebook that can't be modified then it's no wonder since it always seems gasping for more free ram.

Edited September 6, 2021 by Nocruor0