Faster startup
Posted: 17 Jan 2020 18:29
In order to replace Windows Explorer for good, the only thing not quite right yet is the startup time.
I am a programmer and I know how this sometimes might be a challenge specially when you have no control over the user's machine.
But my Win10 x64 is a fresh installation and most of the settings are default. I am using SSD and I was expecting a bit faster launch.
It just takes like 1 second at most, but for power users like me, which launches Explorer tenths of times in a day, it makes a great difference in the user experience (trust me)
I managed to workaround this limitations. What I did was to:
1. minimize to tray (so it apparently remains fully loaded in RAM)
2. do not allow multiple sessions (so when you launch a new session, it restores the one in RAM)
3. I manually made it to start when windows starts, otherwise the first time it launches, it still has the lag.
This way whenever I launch from the shortcut in my taskbar, (as I usually launch Windows Explorer) it basically shows up immediately even in the first time.
I had to go through some steps to get this behavior and manually make it to start with Windows.
The only drawback is that I cannot launch multiple sessions...
My suggestion is to implement this scheme by default (optionally can be disabled to reduce RAM usage) and improve it.
Please, keep always a copy of your app always loaded in RAM... just refresh the parts that need.
I am a programmer and I know how this sometimes might be a challenge specially when you have no control over the user's machine.
But my Win10 x64 is a fresh installation and most of the settings are default. I am using SSD and I was expecting a bit faster launch.
It just takes like 1 second at most, but for power users like me, which launches Explorer tenths of times in a day, it makes a great difference in the user experience (trust me)
I managed to workaround this limitations. What I did was to:
1. minimize to tray (so it apparently remains fully loaded in RAM)
2. do not allow multiple sessions (so when you launch a new session, it restores the one in RAM)
3. I manually made it to start when windows starts, otherwise the first time it launches, it still has the lag.
This way whenever I launch from the shortcut in my taskbar, (as I usually launch Windows Explorer) it basically shows up immediately even in the first time.
I had to go through some steps to get this behavior and manually make it to start with Windows.
The only drawback is that I cannot launch multiple sessions...
My suggestion is to implement this scheme by default (optionally can be disabled to reduce RAM usage) and improve it.
Please, keep always a copy of your app always loaded in RAM... just refresh the parts that need.