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TCMD takes very long to start up

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ad1c

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If I click on my TCC icon (tcc.exe), the command window comes up almost instantaneously.

If I instead click on my TC icon (tcmd.exe), it can be MANY SECONDS (10-30) before the TCC window comes up.

This is on a Windows XP system running SP3 with 4GB of RAM and a Q6600 Intel quad core processor. Fast, large hard drive. Using Windows Live OneCare for protection.

Anyone know what might be going on?

Thanks - Jim
 
ad1c said:
If I click on my TCC icon (tcc.exe), the command window comes up almost instantaneously.

If I instead click on my TC icon (tcmd.exe), it can be MANY SECONDS (10-30) before the TCC window comes up.

This is on a Windows XP system running SP3 with 4GB of RAM and a Q6600 Intel quad core processor. Fast, large hard drive. Using Windows Live OneCare for protection.

Anyone know what might be going on?

Thanks - Jim
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I cut down TCMD's startup time by reducing the size of the history files it loads. I don't know what the difference would be between TC and TCC, though.
 
2008/7/31 ad1c <>:

> Anyone know what might be going on?
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I find the slow startup is related to checking all the drives on the
system (for the folder/list views). If you have slow network drives or
CD/DVD drives, this may explain it. (I get around 6-10 sec, not
10-30).

This happens even if the list/folder views are hidden :-(

Paul
 
TCMD needs to populate its folder view when it starts up. So any obsolete
or disconnected network drives will dramatically slow down TCMD's startup
time.

-Scott

Number8 <> wrote on 07/31/2008 02:55:28 PM:


> Quote:
>
> Originally Posted by ad1c [image removed]
> If I click on my TCC icon (tcc.exe), the command window comes up
> almost instantaneously.
>
> If I instead click on my TC icon (tcmd.exe), it can be MANY SECONDS
> (10-30) before the TCC window comes up.
>
> This is on a Windows XP system running SP3 with 4GB of RAM and a
> Q6600 Intel quad core processor. Fast, large hard drive. Using
> Windows Live OneCare for protection.
>
> Anyone know what might be going on?
>
> Thanks - Jim
>
> I cut down TCMD's startup time by reducing the size of the history
> files it loads. I don't know what the difference would be between TC
> and TCC, though.
>
>
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ad1c said:
If I click on my TCC icon (tcc.exe), the command window comes up almost instantaneously.

If I instead click on my TC icon (tcmd.exe), it can be MANY SECONDS (10-30) before the TCC window comes up.

This is on a Windows XP system running SP3 with 4GB of RAM and a Q6600 Intel quad core processor. Fast, large hard drive. Using Windows Live OneCare for protection.

Anyone know what might be going on?

Thanks - Jim
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Do you have any mapped network drives?

Take Command does some sort of costly iteration when it first starts that is very expensive for network drives.


- Josh
 
samintz said:
TCMD needs to populate its folder view when it starts up. So any obsolete
or disconnected network drives will dramatically slow down TCMD's startup
time.

-Scott

Number8 <> wrote on 07/31/2008 02:55:28 PM:
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They don't have to be obsolete or disconnected. I've seen this problem on a freshly rebooted system with only one network drive attached shortly before starting Take Command.
 
joshjeppson said:
Do you have any mapped network drives?

Take Command does some sort of costly iteration when it first starts that is very expensive for network drives.


- Josh
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I do not have any mapped network drives. I do have C, D, E, F, G, I and P partitions. There are lots of files on the P drive (photos). I have a floppy and CD drive also.

This might explain why it's so much faster at work, where I only have a C:\ drive, but do also have a couple of network drives.
 
On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:42:19 -0500, ad1c <> wrote:


>I have a floppy
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I disabled my floppy becxause of delays in TCMD. I don't use TCMD, except to
test. I don't miss the floppy.
 
ad1c wrote:
| If I click on my TCC icon (tcc.exe), the command window comes up
| almost instantaneously.
|
| If I instead click on my TC icon (tcmd.exe), it can be MANY SECONDS
| (10-30) before the TCC window comes up.
|
| This is on a Windows XP system running SP3 with 4GB of RAM and a
| Q6600 Intel quad core processor. Fast, large hard drive. Using
| Windows Live OneCare for protection.
|
| Anyone know what might be going on?
|
| Thanks - Jim

I just started TCMD in approximately 6 s, opening 6 tabs, most of them
running programs not used since the last system start. Below is my system
information, clipped from F. Romano's FEDUTILS plugin command SYSINFO:

FedUtils System Information Utility 1.0.8 - 2006-04-11

SYSTEM OVERVIEW

...
System : ACPI Uniprocessor PC
Model : eMachines Product Name
CPU : 1 x AMD Sempron - 2166 MHz
Cache: 128 KB L1 + 512 KB L2 + 0 KB L3
Mainboard: First International Computer, Inc. AU31
Memory : 959 MB
Operating system: Windows XP Home Edition [5.1.2600]
Service pack : 3.0

If your system is that slow, you must attempt to access devices not mounted,
or you have some other configuration problem.
--
Steve
 
ad1c wrote:
| I do not have any mapped network drives. I do have C, D, E, F, G, I
| and P partitions. There are lots of files on the P drive (photos).
| I have a floppy and CD drive also.

Keep the number of entries in the root directory of each partition low. That
may also reduce starting time.
--
HTH, Steve
 
ad1c said:
If I click on my TCC icon (tcc.exe), the command window comes up almost instantaneously.

If I instead click on my TC icon (tcmd.exe), it can be MANY SECONDS (10-30) before the TCC window comes up.

This is on a Windows XP system running SP3 with 4GB of RAM and a Q6600 Intel quad core processor. Fast, large hard drive. Using Windows Live OneCare for protection.

Anyone know what might be going on?

Thanks - Jim
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I had tcmd set up to start in my Downloads folder which has 600+ files. I changed it to the root of the drive, and now it starts up quickly.

Thanks for all the answers here.

- Jim
 
ad1c wrote:
| I had tcmd set up to start in my Downloads folder which has 600+
| files. I changed it to the root of the drive, and now it starts up
| quickly.
|
| Thanks for all the answers here.

You could use the TCSTART.BTM to move you into the DL directory after TCMD
and its tabs started, which ought to have the same end result in a lot less
time.

BTW, my DL directory has many subdirectories, but itself contains fewer than
100 files.
--
HTH, Steve
 
I'd like to post my opinion that this behavior is causing much grief... just because we know that shares and folders might make things slow doesn't solve the problem. I can (and have) moved my start directory, but I cannot really change the list of shares. I'm smart enough to not use them most of the time... and while I can see the value for some to use the ListView and/or Folders they are always closed for me.

Somehow deferring the population of this data or putting it in the background seems like a great idea... please!

Thanks
 
I second this request. My TCMD sometimes takes quite long to start whereas Take Command/32 v3.01a always loads instantly. I use a CLI for speed (vs using Windows Explorer) so having to wait even just 10 seconds is very annoying (although I've had to wait as long as 30 seconds a few times).

Either not initializing the Folder and List views when they are hidden or (perhaps better) using a separate background thread to populate them would be a very welcome feature.
 
Arjan van Gog said:
Either not initializing the Folder and List views when they are hidden or (perhaps better) using a separate background thread to populate them would be a very welcome feature.
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I third this request. Just tested with TCC 10 and it's still slow, when my laptop is home and can't connect.

Do one of the lower level versions of TCC work around this and am I licensed to use a lower level version and the highest level?
 
jurlwin wrote:

> ---Quote (Originally by Arjan van Gog)---
> Either not initializing the Folder and List views when they are hidden or (perhaps better) using a separate background thread to populate them would be a very welcome feature.
> ---End Quote---
>
> I third this request. Just tested with TCC 10 and it's still slow, when my laptop is home and can't connect.
>
> Do one of the lower level versions of TCC work around this and am I licensed to use a lower level version and the highest level?
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Startup time has nothing to do with TCC.

The delay is inside Windows when Take Command tries to populate the
Folder view. This is considerably faster in the more recent v10 builds,
except in the case where Take Command is trying to connect to an
unavailable UNC share. That delay is in the Windows API, and I believe
the internal Windows timeout is configurable.

Rex Conn
JP Software
 
On Sat, 04 Apr 2009 09:04:58 -0500, rconn <> wrote:

|The delay is inside Windows when Take Command tries to populate the
|Folder view. This is considerably faster in the more recent v10 builds,
|except in the case where Take Command is trying to connect to an
|unavailable UNC share. That delay is in the Windows API, and I believe
|the internal Windows timeout is configurable.

I found this (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc959773.aspx, below,
re Windows 2000) ... still looking for an XP/Vista reference.

ConnectTimeout
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanWorkstation\Parameters
Data type
Range
Default value
REG_DWORD
0x0–0xFFFFFFFF ( seconds )
0x12C ( 300 seconds = 5 minutes )
Description
Specifies the maximum amount of time the redirector waits for a connect or
disconnect to complete.
Note Image Note
Windows 2000 does not add this entry to the registry. You can add it by editing
the registry or by using a program that edits the registry.
--
- Vince
 
rconn said:
jurlwin wrote:



Startup time has nothing to do with TCC.

The delay is inside Windows when Take Command tries to populate the
Folder view. This is considerably faster in the more recent v10 builds,
except in the case where Take Command is trying to connect to an
unavailable UNC share. That delay is in the Windows API, and I believe
the internal Windows timeout is configurable.

Rex Conn
JP Software
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So would it be possible, Rex, for TC to skip the calls to the Windows API if the user's configuration has the folder and list views hidden? (This would probably require doing that setup later if the user selects to view the folder and list views, of course.)
 
dcantor said:
So would it be possible, Rex, for TC to skip the calls to the Windows API if the user's configuration has the folder and list views hidden? (This would probably require doing that setup later if the user selects to view the folder and list views, of course.)
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Is there any update on this? I do not use the folder/list view at all and it becomes very frustrating when TC takes a long time to load due to missing network drives.
 
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