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Slow Startup

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  • Nuɖoɖo mlɔetɔ the-edmeister

Shonk
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I have been having a problem with firefox startup being around 23 seconds for the last 10 days

i have since found out what the problem is and startup is back to sub 1 second

by default a pdf file is opened by an app thats on my nas (windows exlorer shell extension) nothing at all to do with firefox for the last few days i have been replacing the nas so it has been unavailable

and every pc has been taking 23 seconds or so to start firefox

i am in awe that this would affect firefox startup as there is no reason firefox should be trying to access the file on every startup

i was very close to removing firefox from all pc's

removal of this registry key fixed firefox

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\PDFEdit.exe] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\PDFEdit.exe\shell] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\PDFEdit.exe\shell\open] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\PDFEdit.exe\shell\open\command] @="\"\\\\Nas\\f\\Apps\\Foxit Editor\\PDFEdit.exe\" \"%1\""


why on earth was firefox trying to access it on every firefox start btw firefox was setup to render pdf's internally

I have been having a problem with firefox startup being around 23 seconds for the last 10 days i have since found out what the problem is and startup is back to sub 1 second by default a pdf file is opened by an app thats on my nas (windows exlorer shell extension) nothing at all to do with firefox for the last few days i have been replacing the nas so it has been unavailable and every pc has been taking 23 seconds or so to start firefox i am in awe that this would affect firefox startup as there is no reason firefox should be trying to access the file on every startup i was very close to removing firefox from all pc's removal of this registry key fixed firefox Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\PDFEdit.exe] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\PDFEdit.exe\shell] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\PDFEdit.exe\shell\open] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\PDFEdit.exe\shell\open\command] @="\"\\\\Nas\\f\\Apps\\Foxit Editor\\PDFEdit.exe\" \"%1\"" why on earth was firefox trying to access it on every firefox start btw firefox was setup to render pdf's internally

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the-edmeister
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That file is (or was) showing in the downloads window.