Re: Octave is really slow and “not responding”

[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