Applications slower in starting the first time

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Richard Fangnail

I've noticed that the first time I start an application (since I turned
the computer on), it takes longer than later on, if I closed the app
and restarted it. This is true of Word, Firefox, or even Windows
Explorer.

This was true before and after I upgraded Norton AV from 2003 to 2006.

Do you know why this generally happens?
 
When a program is run and closed, the code is not immediately
released/removed from memory/pagefile. This is why if you do
a restart of a recently run application it appears to start quicker.
 
Richard said:
I've noticed that the first time I start an application (since I
turned the computer on), it takes longer than later on, if I closed
the app and restarted it. This is true of Word, Firefox, or even
Windows Explorer.

This was true before and after I upgraded Norton AV from 2003 to 2006.

Do you know why this generally happens?
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Because pieces of it are still in memory.
 
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