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tonymuffin
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December 13, 2023
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Why does Lightroom Classic take up to 5 minutes to launch?

  • December 13, 2023
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Why does Lightroom Classic take up to 5 minutes to launch?  I am running a computer with Windows 11 with all updates.  The computer resources are:  8 core processor, 32GB Ram, 8TB hard drive space, 6GB NVidia display card.  I don't understand why it takes so long for Lightroom Classic to launch and be responsive.

 

How does one fix this?

 

Thanks

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    Correct answer dj_paige

    If you have 3rd party plug-ins, disable all of these 3rd party plug-ins, and see if the launch speed improves. If it improves, then one at a time enable the plug-ins to determine which one is causing the problem.

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    KR Seals
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    KR SealsCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 14, 2023

    Please explain how it was Solved. That info might help other fourm users.

     

    Ken Seals - Nikon Z 9, Z 8, 14mm-800mm. Computer Win 11 Pro, I7-14700K, 64GB, RTX3070TI. Travel machine: 2021 MacBook Pro M1 MAX 64GB. All Adobe apps.
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    tonymuffinAuthor
    Inspiring
    December 14, 2023

    I did explain  how I solved it.  And, I saw my response after I posted it.  No idea why it is not here now.  As I stated prior... I removed all the plug-ins but the one that I use all the time and that fixed the issue.

    Sean McCormack
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    Sean McCormackCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 15, 2023

    Based on this, I'm marking @dj_paige's response as the correct answer. 

     

    Sean McCormack. Author of 'Essential Development 3'. Magazine Writer. Former Official Fuji X-Photographer.
    GoldingD
    GoldingD
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    December 13, 2023

    Please post your System Information as Lightroom Classic (LrC) reports it. In LrC click on Help, then System Info, then Copy. Paste that information into a reply. Please present all information from first line down to and including Plug-in Info. Info after Plug-in info can be cut out as that is just so much dead space to us non-Techs and it takes up vast amounts of scroll space making the reply less readable and less likely that others will bother with your post.

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    tonymuffinAuthor
    Inspiring
    February 20, 2024

    Lightroom Classic version: 13.1 [ 202312111226-41a494e8 ]
    License: Creative Cloud
    Language setting: en
    Operating system: Windows 11 - Business Edition
    Version: 11.0.22631
    Application architecture: x64
    System architecture: x64
    Logical processor count: 16
    Processor speed: 3.6GHz
    SqLite Version: 3.36.0
    CPU Utilisation: 0.0%
    Built-in memory: 32635.9 MB
    Dedicated GPU memory used by Lightroom: 452.0MB / 4047.8MB (11%)
    Real memory available to Lightroom: 32635.9 MB
    Real memory used by Lightroom: 1787.5 MB (5.4%)
    Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 2482.2 MB
    GDI objects count: 832
    USER objects count: 2916
    Process handles count: 2338
    Memory cache size: 63.2MB
    Internal Camera Raw version: 16.1 [ 1728 ]
    Maximum thread count used by Camera Raw: 5
    Camera Raw SIMD optimization: SSE2,AVX,AVX2
    Camera Raw virtual memory: 56MB / 16317MB (0%)
    Camera Raw real memory: 61MB / 32635MB (0%)
    System DPI setting: 96 DPI
    Desktop composition enabled: Yes
    Standard Preview Size: 3840 pixels
    Displays: 1) 3840x2160
    Input types: Multitouch: No, Integrated touch: No, Integrated pen: No, External touch: No, External pen: No, Keyboard: No

    Graphics Processor Info:
    DirectX: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 (31.0.15.4633)
    Init State: GPU for Image Processing supported by default with custom export support
    User Preference: Auto

    Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Lightroom Classic
    Library Path: G:\2023_New_Catalog\2023_New_Catalog-v13.lrcat
    Settings Folder: C:\Users\tdeha\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom

    Installed Plugins:
    1) Luminar 4
    2) Luminar Neo

    GoldingD
    GoldingD
    Legend
    February 20, 2024

    I your original post you stated:

    The computer resources are:  8 core processor, 32GB Ram, 8TB hard drive space, 6GB NVidia display card.

    In today's  posting of system info, the VRAM shows up as 4GB

    Dedicated GPU memory used by Lightroom: 452.0MB / 4047.8MB (11%)

     Did you change the GPU?

    And if so, why such an old one:

    DirectX: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 (31.0.15.4633)

     

     

    dj_paige
    dj_paigeCorrect answer
    Legend
    December 13, 2023

    If you have 3rd party plug-ins, disable all of these 3rd party plug-ins, and see if the launch speed improves. If it improves, then one at a time enable the plug-ins to determine which one is causing the problem.

      Sean McCormack
      Community Expert
      Sean McCormackCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 13, 2023

      How large is your catalog? What speed is the drive? Is it one drive or is the 8TB over a few drives? Have you considered adding an SDD to speed everything? 

      Sean McCormack. Author of 'Essential Development 3'. Magazine Writer. Former Official Fuji X-Photographer.
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      tonymuffinAuthor
      Inspiring
      December 13, 2023

      The catalog is 2.855128 TB

      All 3 drives are 7200 

      I have not considered adding an SDD drive

      Per Berntsen
      Community Expert
      Per BerntsenCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 13, 2023

      Do you have the LogiOptions plugin installed? Go to File > Plugin manager to check, disable it if it's there.

      It has been known to cause very long startup times.

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