Why do some .exe's take so long to start?

[Greg]

Sometimes, when I want to launch a large .exe file, like the setup file for a
game, I'll double click on the icon, and the actual setup won't start for
several minutes. Such as today, I wanted to install a demo for Unreal
Tournament 3. I double clicked on the setup file, and the installer didn't
appear until 5 minutes later. This seems to happen with Vista occasionally
because this is not the first time it has happened. Sometimes, I forget that
I even launched it. And when the installer finally shows up, I say to
myself, "Whoa, what is this? Oh yeah, now I remember, I started this up 10
minutes ago."

These occurrences are few and far between, but they are a nuisance. Does
anyone know why this is happening or how to prevent/fix it? Also, setting
the compatibility to Windows XP SP2 didn't help.

 

[NoStop]

Sometimes, when I want to launch a large .exe file, like the setup file
for a game, I'll double click on the icon, and the actual setup won't
start for
several minutes. Such as today, I wanted to install a demo for Unreal
Tournament 3. I double clicked on the setup file, and the installer
didn't
appear until 5 minutes later. This seems to happen with Vista
occasionally
because this is not the first time it has happened. Sometimes, I forget
that
I even launched it. And when the installer finally shows up, I say to
myself, "Whoa, what is this? Oh yeah, now I remember, I started this up
10 minutes ago."

These occurrences are few and far between, but they are a nuisance. Does
anyone know why this is happening or how to prevent/fix it? Also, setting
the compatibility to Windows XP SP2 didn't help.

Your Fista box is probably busy at the time spamming the Net with viagra
penis enlargement emails. Those spambots that love to inhabit Windoze boxes
do suck resources.

Cheers.

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[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Its checking the integrity of the file if its safe or malicious.

 

[David Sanders]

Sometimes, when I want to launch a large .exe file, like the setup file for a
game, I'll double click on the icon, and the actual setup won't start for
several minutes. Such as today, I wanted to install a demo for Unreal
Tournament 3. I double clicked on the setup file, and the installer didn't
appear until 5 minutes later. This seems to happen with Vista occasionally
because this is not the first time it has happened. Sometimes, I forget that
I even launched it. And when the installer finally shows up, I say to
myself, "Whoa, what is this? Oh yeah, now I remember, I started this up 10
minutes ago."

These occurrences are few and far between, but they are a nuisance. Does
anyone know why this is happening or how to prevent/fix it? Also, setting
the compatibility to Windows XP SP2 didn't help.

Are the exe's in question located on a network share? If so that would
explain the delay.

 

[David B. Mathews]

I have the same problem. I have more than enough horsepower as I have a
brand new Dell liquid cooled and a Q6850 processor, dual 8800GTX video
cards. Heck, when I click on the restore icon it takes a good 5 minutes
just for that to load. I think it is going to take not only help from
Microsoft but also the virus software people and who knows who else before
we see Vista get even close to XP.
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[Frank]

NoStop wrote:

....his usual stupid jackass remarks about Vista.
Get lost bird brain. Go back to that open sores chapel where you belong.
Loser!
Frank

 

[NoStop]

Its checking the integrity of the file if its safe or malicious.

Bullshit. It takes Vista that long to check a file? Man, I knew that Vista
was slow, but that's ridiculous. BTW, learn how to post properly on Usenet,
then threads will make more sense for those who use real newsreaders.

Cheers.

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[Frank]

NoStop wrote:

....STFU you cross-dressing RS arse kissing lying linux POS troll.
Go back to where you belong as*hole.
Loser.
Frank

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

i have a friend who has managed to slow his vista down to a crawl, the
way he managed this was by uninstalling programs by simply deleting the
program's folder in program files. the result of which was a pretty
messed up registry with dlls being pointed to for no good reason and
bum references to missing folders

so i guess that i am suggesting a registry cleaner, reg supreme does a
pretty good job at repairing such corruption, however use it only on
it's less in depth mode and also do so at your own risk as it could
potentially remove good things in the hive. however i have never had
any problems with it myself.

something else you could do is to scandisk then defrag your drives as
this is likely to increase performance if there is a lot of
fragmentation

Don't use a Registry cleaner! That is literally asking for trouble. Either
clean the Registry by hand or leave it alone. The Registry does not slow
the machine down detectably.

It's more likely that his problem is caused by malware. Do a thorough check
for malware, following all of the steps at one of these Web pages.
Help with malware:
All MS-MVP Sites.
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/darnit.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315

So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
For quite a few people it's by installing programs like Messenger Plus,
whose ads for malware don't identify the malware as such and try to convince
you that you owe it to the author. See also:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971
Don't ever do a "default" install of anything. Always choose Custom and see
what else is being carried along. Don't install any extras you're not sure
of.

 

[PNutts]

Have you approached Dell with this issue? Not everyone has this problem.

IMHO, we need a microsoft.public.windows.vista.dell group.