Really slow start menu and file opening times

chickadee · 27 Aug 2015 at 20:06

Ok, had W10 pro installed since launch and loving it except for 2 things.

My start menu icons seem to just not work. When i click them to open a program nothing happens. I then have to manually close the start menu and maybe 5 seconds later the program opens....

clearly something is wrong since the start menu should close and the program should open as soon as i click it.

Also opening video/audio files take a good 5-10 seconds before VLC/foobar opens.

Any idea?

i7 920 @ 3.6ghz
6gb DDR3
120gb crucial M4

Oh and windows 7 had no problems what so ever, everything was instant.

chickadee · 28 Aug 2015 at 13:54

messed about with all the settings i can find and nothing stops this :mad:

pryere · 29 Aug 2015 at 08:47

Have you tried any clean up software?
Try the C drive utility first, their is a lot of crap left over with the upgrade/install.

Orcvader · 29 Aug 2015 at 10:45

I had this issue as well, but it only cropped up after the KB3081441/KB3081444 update. Was also using Windows 10 Pro. I did an upgrade install with keep nothing. I uninstalled a few apps to see if that helps and it did for some but not for all. I already removed the leftovers from the upgrade as well as I was using a tiny 64GB SSD. The SSD was also a Crucial M4 oddly enough.

I decided to do a proper clean install, this time on my 250GB Samsung 840 Evo SSD (previously used for games) and now everything runs perfectly.

Dano · 30 Aug 2015 at 14:12

I've seen this issue on both my machines, even after a clean install. Sometimes the system just takes an age to open folders or the start menu.

chickadee · 6 Sep 2015 at 08:48

Well this is a clean install and I have ran everything i can think of but it still happens. Its really getting annoying....