Re: Gvim taking a minute or more to start

On Thu, 8 Sept 2022, 19:38 Tim Chase, <vim@tim.thechases.com> wrote:

On 2022-09-08 11:30, Gary Johnson wrote:
> I suspect that whatever is causing that 5-second startup time is
> contributing to the read times of every file that gvim opens.
> So, while 5 seconds is better than 30, solving that 5-second issue
> may solve the rest.
>
> Unfortunately, I don't anything about diagnosing issues with Windows
> or security programs.

While my Windows experience is similarly limited, the symptoms sound
suspiciously like either anti-virus software or a virus intervening
on every file-system read to see if the file is infected/valuable.

I'd be curious if apps take a similar amount of "bonus" time to
load.  If you (OP) have Python installed on the machine, it would
be interesting to run the python interpreter and issue

  C:\> python -q
  >>> import os
  >>> f = open(os.path.expanduser("~/_vimrc"))
  >>> f.close()

Entering that `open()` call should take negligible time, the blink
of an eye.  If that takes any noticeable amount of time, something
outside vim is intercepting all your (OP's) file-reads at an
atrocious cost.

That specific command produced an immediate file-not-found message (the only _vimrc I have is in c:/vim). Running:

>>> f = open('c:/vim/_vimrc')

>>> f2 = open('c:/vim/vimfiles/vimrc')

both commands were instantaneous

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