Hello,
I am msk, and i am new to this. I have been using VLC for a very long time and this has not happened before, until a few days back. Whenever i click on any video/music file (that opens with VLC) it would take around 3-4 minutes to open and start running. I am using version 0.8.6e, and i tried updating too, but that did not help, so i went back to this. So is there anything that i can do to make it load faster (like it used to).
I am using windows xp service pack 3.
Thank You.
VLC takes ages to load.
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Jean-Baptiste Kempf
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Re: VLC takes ages to load.
Delete %appdata%/vlc folder.
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Re: VLC takes ages to load.
sorry, i did not get that?
Do i put that in "run" or do i find that folder?
Do i put that in "run" or do i find that folder?
Re: VLC takes ages to load.
No.
Open My Computer, go to Tools, Folder Options, View, check show hidden files and folders and press OK.
Then, from My computer, go to C drive, or where you've installed Win XP, go to documents and settings, (username), application data, and delete VLC folder.
Open My Computer, go to Tools, Folder Options, View, check show hidden files and folders and press OK.
Then, from My computer, go to C drive, or where you've installed Win XP, go to documents and settings, (username), application data, and delete VLC folder.
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mskanarchist
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Re: VLC takes ages to load.
ok done, and now?
do i reinstall it?
do i reinstall it?
Re: VLC takes ages to load.
After you remove %appdata%\vlc and start VLC it should recreate cache and next start after this one should be fast.
Re: VLC takes ages to load.
Worked perfectly!
Thanks!
Thanks!
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