Opening forms in designer is slow with Visual Studio .NET 2005

[Cheeyan]

I converted a VS .Net 2003 CF project to VS. Net 2005 keeping the target
version as CF1.0. After that when I tried to open any form in my project in
the form designer it takes 10-20 seconds where as in VS2003 it will open
immediately. Also I noticed the forms that has lot of controls take long to
load. Can anybody tell me why this behavior is and any possible resolutions?

PS: If I open a code file (such as a class defnition), it does not have any
problem.

 

[Simon Hart]

I thought performance was a real issue under VS2005 compared to VS2003. But
since rebuilding my machine and installing it on a clean OS, it runs light a
dream. I did have beta 1 and beta 2 installed on my dev machine which I
uninstalled correctly prior to installing the RTM version. So not sure if
this had any bearing in performance.
What OS are you using and did you install the betas prior?

Cheers
Simon.

 

[Cheeyan]

Thanks Simon,

I am running Windows XP and no I did not have any betas on that machine, as
I used Virtual PCs for them.

 

[Simon Hart]

Good thinking using Virtual PC's. What I also find is XP slows down over
time - maybe the disk becomes so fragmented it is difficult to de-frag.
How long has XP been installed on your machine?
I find after around 1 year performance tends to be a real problem with any
application and just the general reponse of using the OS.

Cheers
Simon.