Is filePro slow on Windows... in places?

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting John Esak (Fri, 9 Mar 2007 19:47:31 -0500):

>
> I don't do very much work with Windows filePro.  I had to use it a lot
> to make the new Tutorials Index.  I noticed something strange. filePro
> is very fast... even extremely fast in everything it does... except that
> there is one instance I don't understand. When I go into clerk or rcabe,
> or dmoedef or any filePro program... it loads very quickly, but just
> before the actual listbox of filenames pops up, there is a very
> noticeable pause....  a really long instant where absolutely nothing
> happens and then after this noticeable period of time... the listbox
> finally comes up.  This has never happened to me under Unix. Is it to
> be expected on Windows?  Why?
>
> All the programs and filePro files (folders) are on the same C drive...
> nothing odd there.  This is version 5.06.06.

Do you have a large number of filePro files in that directory?  What
version of Windows?  What filesystem is it on?

Finally, have you tried PFDIRFILTER=OFF?  (It defaults to OFF, but
someone/something may have set it ON.)

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