Lightroom Classic - 3 Minutes to startup

[TyroneMan]

So, I've spent the last few days cleaning my computer. I uninstalled and reinstalled Lightroom Classic last night. There is 32 GB of RAM to work with, the program is running on a SSD, and my video card has 6 GB available.  I just started LR Classic and had to wait three minutes for my smallest database to load. Come on Adobe - you can do better. Your user survey asked about new features when the old features take forever to load. Help!

[dj_paige]

Something on your PC is interfering with the normal LrC startup. This isn't a RAM issue or a SSD issue. One possibility is that the antivirus has been misconfigured and now is scanning your LrC catalog for viruses — most antivirus programs let you indicate which folders or files should never be scanned. Please check this, or turn off the antivirus temporarily to see if that makes a difference.

Also, LrC plugins can also affect startup. Please try disabling all plugins to see if the problem improves.

[TyroneMan]

I protected the DB files from being scanned on startup. It helped a bit, but still slow.

[DdeGannes]

You indicate that you protected the DB files from scanning. What are you refering to, be specific.

[dj_paige]

I protected the DB files from being scanned on startup. It helped a bit, but still slow.

By @TyroneMan

I suggested a second action, did you try that?