Visual Studio - Slow response and lockups on project open

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Slow response and lockups on project open

Charles Carroll

2005-11-21, 9:57 pm

Hello--
I just installed VS 2005 Standard Ed. (from the launch) and, in the open
project window, if I try to use the dropdown list to browse to a file path,
the dropdown list disappears for up to a minute before reapearing with a path
tree. If I monkey with anything else while this is going on, it is likely to
lock up.

This is a Pentium 4 @ 3.0 ghtz with 1.5 G RAM.
I don't see anyone else reporting this, but any ideas?

Thanks,
Chas

Brendan Green

2005-11-21, 9:57 pm

I had the same problem. I tracked it down to the fact that I had a network
share that wasn't connected properly (I hadn't entered the username and
password).

Once I connected to the share properly, all my problems went away. Maybe
you have a similar problem?

"Charles Carroll" <CharlesCarroll@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:CC45DBC3-2D55-4210-8C04-DAC78678790F@microsoft.com...
> Hello--
> I just installed VS 2005 Standard Ed. (from the launch) and, in the open
> project window, if I try to use the dropdown list to browse to a file
> path,
> the dropdown list disappears for up to a minute before reapearing with a
> path
> tree. If I monkey with anything else while this is going on, it is likely
> to
> lock up.
>
> This is a Pentium 4 @ 3.0 ghtz with 1.5 G RAM.
> I don't see anyone else reporting this, but any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Chas

petecis

2005-11-22, 2:22 pm

I can verify that the problem appears to be with a network share.

I had a mapped network drive to a computer that is not currently turned on. After disconnecting the mapped drive everything sped up to normal.

FYI, the program actually doesn't freeze even though you may think so because you may get the "Not Responding" text in the title bar. IF you wait long enough it will eventually come back.

There have been problems with the file open dialog drop down list bogging down for years. I am unimpressed that it still has not been fixed and in fact the dialog browse has somehow been made worse!

Charles Carroll

2005-11-24, 6:59 pm

Thanks for the responses.
There was in fact a network glitch--which I think I fixed, but the file-open
drop-down is still incredibly slow.

The fix (on my machine/net at least) seems to be: don't use it.
The "My Computer" icon on the left of the same window opens a view at normal
speed, with all the connected and disconnected network drives showing.
I donno why....

Thanks,
Chas

"petecis" wrote:

>
> I can verify that the problem appears to be with a network share.
>
> I had a mapped network drive to a computer that is not currently turned
> on. After disconnecting the mapped drive everything sped up to normal.
>
> FYI, the program actually doesn't freeze even though you may think so
> because you may get the "Not Responding" text in the title bar. IF you
> wait long enough it will eventually come back.
>
> There have been problems with the file open dialog drop down list
> bogging down for years. I am unimpressed that it still has not been
> fixed and in fact the dialog browse has somehow been made worse!
>
>
>
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> petecis
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