Why is Bridge CC so slow?

[PhotoEye]

I'm trying to figure out a way to diagnose why Bridge CC is so slow. I regularly use programs like Photoshop, Lightroom and Premiere and don't notice any kind of inapropriate lag or delays at all. However, when working in Bridge it just feels slow. Opening menus occasionally just hangs for seconds on end before dropping down. Thumnails from a gallery I've previously viewed can take upwards of 10 seconds to appear after opening the software. But the most noticeable and repeatable issue comes when trying to select more then one image files. CTR-Clicking a second (or however many additional files) can take anywhere from 5-8 seconds to happen. This, more then anything else, is making bridge unusable.

What should I do?

[Druttland]

Thank You, That did the trick.

[Jackienp]

Big Thanks. It works.

[ADeCarlo]

Thanks for the info. I've had this problem for a while as well on a Windows 7 based system.

I called Adobe Support and they did not solve the problem.

I also tried accessing Bridge from a Guest account and it worked perfect.

One thing I noticed from the beginning is that if I disconnect from the internet it suddenly

starts working a lot faster. I don't get why that is, but definitely makes a difference.

If I am online and open Bridge is pretty much impossible to navigate and explore folders.

It would be nice if Adobe would provide a solid solution to this issue.

I want to try the Libraries solution but I do not see any of the links mentioned on Windows 7.

If anybody can help find that solution on Win7 I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks.

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[Guest]

Thank you HappyGuy, It was bugging me for ages, I don't know how your method worked, but Bridge is how I remember it to be now, so much wasted time waiting on Bridge over the last week. Keep spreading the happiness because you've well and truly earned your name, Cheers!

[jophotoshop]

thanks HappyGuy

[sBirch]

Thanks, HappyGuy! It was libraries referring to network locations that made Bridge  slow as slow.

I removed all Networked references from Drive and now it flies. So happy

[Denis Oloev]

Thank you!

This is resolving of problem for me.

[Clagge]

Worked like a charm!! Thanks a lot HappyGuy!

[advancedhouseplans]

Thank you HappyGuy. Your suggestion worked like a charm.

It appears that when you have a Microsoft account login that it syncs your libraries. For me, it had created libraries that referenced folders that were no longer on my PC. Deleted them and everything works. Excellent. Life can move on.

[revannatta]

This is it!  The Libraries!  My computer having the same exact problems, the "Not Responding" super slow 10-15 seconds for anything, etc.  Breaking the links in Libraries to my laptop computer and One Drive did it.  Bridge is flying now!  Have been working on this for months, thank you so much!!!

[prw25]

The libraries thing fixed it for me too, thanks guys.

I use Onedrive for all my storage so I was a little concerned there would be no way around removing it but the libraries included links to my old machine which were obviously the ones causing the problem! Bridge now works fine with my onedrive folders on this machine.

[Dave Knörnschild]

Thanks buddy, solved my problem!

[Johangagelmans]

Thanx Happy Guy!!

After searching the web for about 3 hours your solution was the one!!!

[DroneFrontier]

Yep worked for me. No more watching a couple Vines between every click in Adobe Bridge CC.

[Rickieiv]

Thanks HAPPYGUY!!!!!

[viveweddingfilms]

Worked like a charm. Checked "libreries" and I did have one broke link, deleted it, and just like that, bridge is now blazing fast. Not only that, browsing files on my computer also improved.

Thanks!

[ralfderwolf]

Worked perfectly, Thanks a lot.

It is definitely a library issue, perhaps it would help just to delete the libraray-path in the favorites tab of the main BridgeCC window on the left hand side. Instead of deleting all library-paths in Windows. But cleaning the paths is always a good advice. But I already did it as discribed. 🙂

I am using W8.1 on an Surface Pro 3 i7, 512G SSD ... running the Adobe CC14

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[Paras Graphic]

Its Worked. Thanks a lot.

[John_Ramsay]

Thanks for this post (No 30), solved the issue perfectly.  An option in BRIDGE to "ignore all external libraries" would be a nice addition!

[funzone39]

You're a genius!

I looked at the directories in my libraries and found a few that were no longer valid. I removed those links and Bridge is now back to its normal quick response!

Thank you!!!!!

Valerie

[jincoktez]

Thank you so much HappyGuy !!!!! You found the solution (post number 30) !!!! You're the best ! 🙂

[Barlise]

Yess!! Thank You!!

[maxtermNa]

Thank This work for me on W10 and cc 2015.

I only removed skydrive path

[Yarcadian]

Your solution worked Great!  Thanks for sharing and saving me a lot of time and effort.

[SoqllooS]

Thank you so much Happy Guy!!! Now everything works fine!

BTW this is sick that so big and rich company as Adobe make dumb mistakes like this one. The worst thing is that problem is since a very long time and they don't fix it. I got lots of friends graphics designers and almost no one using Br because of slowness. Adobe wake up!