add/remove dialog takes too long to open.

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I think the problem is it's reading the disk to figure out how much HD
space each app is using. Can I stop it from doing that? thanks

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"darius" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I think the problem is it's reading the disk to figure out how much HD
> space each app is using. Can I stop it from doing that?

Not really unless you add the size of programs manually to the registry if
the "EstimatedSize" property is missing. See also
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/ar...09/178342.aspx

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darius wrote:
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> I think the problem is it's reading the disk to figure out how much HD
> space each app is using. Can I stop it from doing that? thanks

First step is to remove any apps you are not using. Then delete all
temp/tmp files, then defrag.

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