Why does it taken long time to start the application program

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나는 외로운 사냥꾼 wrote:

> When I double click the application files to open, it takes around 20
> seconds to start.
> During the time there is no action such as HDD IO or any.
> Is there any specfic reason to delay ?

There could be many reasons; malware, not enough RAM, failing hardware
components, drive using PIO instead of DMA. Unfortunately, you haven't
given us any information about your computer so we can give you focused
troubleshooting. Post back after going to these links to see how to ask
an effective newsgroup question:

http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Malke
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