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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.

Delete %appdata%/vlc folder.

sorry, i did not get that?
Do i put that in "run" or do i find that folder?

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.

ok done, and now?
do i reinstall it?

After you remove %appdata%\vlc and start VLC it should recreate cache and next start after this one should be fast.

Worked perfectly!

Thanks!