On Windows, antivirus makes launching Electrum really slow. Huge delay before startup
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Description
Not sure why but everytime I want to run electrum 3.3.4 in windows 10 64bit, I should wait around 1 minute before it apear. Note that I see process running in background.
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Reproduce Electrum 3.3.4 on 64-bit Windows 10 and observe the roughly one-minute delay before the window appears while the process runs in the background. Investigate the reported antivirus interaction; done means identifying and resolving the startup delay or documenting a verified cause.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Needs clarification
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- 25/100