Re: Octave is really slow and “not responding”

[Kai Torben Ohlhus]

On 5/1/20 3:58 PM, address@hidden wrote:
> Am 30.04.2020 um 17:10 schrieb Kai Torben Ohlhus:
>> On 4/30/20 10:18 PM, Max Schulz wrote:
>>> Hello Everybody,
>>>
>>> I installed Octave 5.2.0_1 64 bit on Windows 10 via the installer. The
>>> Octave GUI starts really slow (>20s). When I try moving the window or
>>> creating a new file, Octave freezes for several minutes and
sometimes shows
>>> the message "The application is not responding" .
>>>  things I tried:
>>>
>>>
>>> Looking at CPU and RAM usage, found no problem there
>>> restarting the PC
>>> reinstalling Octave, also deleting the folder "octave" in
>>> C:\CurrentUser.config\ before reinstalling
>>> downloading zip and starting from octave.vbs (same problem)
>>> Octave also doesn't find JRE, so I tried this:
>>> stackoverflow.com:Octave-cant-find-jre-while-i-have-installed-jre
>>>
<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58815879/octave-cant-find-jre-while-i-have-installed-jre>

>>> , but I can't  find "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Runtime
>>> Environment\"
>>> I already had Octave 5.1.0 installed on this PC some time ago and it
worked
>>> fine. I thought maybe there are old files, which cause conflicts. I
searched
>>> for old Octave files, but I found none.
>>>  Hopefully, I posted this at the right place, if not please correct me.
>>> Thanks for your time and help.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Max
>>>
>>
>> Dear Max,
>>
>> Thank you for your report.  Is there anything special about your MS
>> Windows 10 system?  E.g. installed on a network-drive, special
>> permission management (work PC), extra malware "anti-virus" software?
>> Do you face the same problems on another PC of yours, too?
>>
>> Best,
>> Kai
>
> Dear Kai,
> 
> thanks for your answer,
> 
> I don't think there is anything special about my OS. I use Sophos
> Antivirus, but no special persmissions, etc. Unfortunately, I don't own
> a second PC.
> 
> I'm sorry for the bad formatting of my first message.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Max
> 


Can you just try to temporarily disable Sophos (any other running
software) and see if it has an impact on the start time of Octave?

HTH,
Kai