Takes forever to open file.
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How many plugins do you have SketchUp loading?
If SketchUp is already open, you don't have to wait for the plugins to load. If you open the SKP file as a new instance of SketchUp, you do have to wait. On Mac that's not the case, though.
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Not many, 23. But since you mentioned plugins, I looked and noticed that I have some test plugins (plugins that are works in progress). So I removed them, and voila, back to normal. Thanks for kicking my tire.
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No worries. I have a lot of plugins so I use opening time to go make a cup of coffee or visit the "library" for some reading.
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As well as an 'excessive number' of Plugins slowing the startup... another issue is with v8's remembering of your toolbars - if you unload extensions /scripts etc then the next time you use them a new toolbar entry is made and slowly you accrue a load of redundant toolbar entries in the Registry. It's been found that if you delete the unwanted entries the startup is markedly faster... However, tinkering with the Registry is dangerous!
I recently talked Rich O'Brien through fixing his and he was expletively-pleased by the result!
There isn't an easy way to do it... but Jim, Thomthom and I have various cmd/bat files that can help - BUT you will loose all of your toolbar settings whatever you do and need to reactivate them as desired after the cleanup... It would be good if Google would add some simple Registry cleaning code that didn't leave all of this dross to slow you down - they fixed the 'toolbars-messing-up-after-changes' issue [by letting you 'save/restore' settings] with a 'toolbars-now-slowing-startup' issue... I can't see how to remove the redundant toolbar entries in the Registry - the best we currently do is the remove them all! Perhaps if we read HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\SketchUp8\ToolbarsUser-Summary\Bars - which gives the total of the currently installed toolbars... and we can compare 'ToolbarsUser-BarN' and 'ToolbarsUserCustom-BarN' and remove non-duplicates as these don't seem to be used - i.e. they're the redundant ones ???
BUT the coding in DOS will be a bit arcane...
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I may be a complete idiot with this question but would there be any way to export the current toolbar settings (like you can export shortcuts) then do the registry cleaning and the reimport the toolbar settings?
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@gaieus said:
I may be a complete idiot with this question but would there be any way to export the current toolbar settings (like you can export shortcuts) then do the registry cleaning and the reimport the toolbar settings?
well, not really, because it's the toolbars settings in the registry that gets completely messed up. Seems to be lots of junk references and its impossible to tell them apart.
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@gaieus said:
I may be a complete idiot with this question but would there be any way to export the current toolbar settings (like you can export shortcuts) then do the registry cleaning and the reimport the toolbar settings?
Just guessing, but if you open SketchUp with the menus in their proper positions, then purge via "regedit" all the registry "ToolbarsUserCustom-BarXX", then from SketchUp "Save Toolbar Positions". Everything will be back to normal. Now only problem is, who will go first?-)
Maybe Admin can create a "No guts, No glory" award that can be part of their signature.
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@honoluludesktop said:
Just guessing, but if you open SketchUp with the menus in their proper positions, then purge via "regedit" all the registry "ToolbarsUserCustom-BarXX", then from SketchUp "Save Toolbar Positions". Everything will be back to normal. Now only problem is, who will go first?-)
hm... that might just restore the mess...
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Well, I am guessing that the mess is made by changing the menu positions from time to time. Hmm.....Still requires someone
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You need to tell which ToolBar Registry entries are foobar...
Saving them all and reimporting will not change anything.
Comparing the two types might work as it seems that the non-duplicated entires by their ...-BarN values are not needed BUT I don't want to risk it!!
The entries are not obvious in their functions or redundancy - if someone from Google were to give us a hint it'd help
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No not reimporting, but while SU is open, purge the registry by hand, then from SU, "save toolbar positions". If the admins offer me a "no guts, no glory", "official sketchulocation award" for my signature, I will try it.
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My startup time went from 43secs to 16secs after cleaning the registry.
A big thumbs up for Mr TIG and his mental mental chicken oriental.
@Honolulu
How about a 'grow a pair' award?
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Rich, I can see that you have never faced many self inflicted catastrophic disasters on your system. These tend to shrink the contents of ones sack over time, unless one is a pinhead incapable of responding to negative reinforcement. Hmm...which one am I today.:)
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How about a 'Major Cajones' award? As for self inflicted disasters, I wake up next to one everyday
Go for it HD, it's only your livelihood at stake.
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No, I'm retired, but having just faced a hard drive melt down, I need incentive (any kind of award) to mess with my registry.
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