Why is it taking so long to navigate through my folders?

[wkcmark]

I recently updated to SNAP11 after using an older version. Now when navigating though to files through my computer folders and setting export locations each time I change a folder it’s taking around 30 seconds to update.

Any idea why it is taking so long? In the previous version it was instantaneous.

[Marco_EOM]

Probably this post can help you:

Annoyed by long⏱️delays in file dialogues? Here is a solution

I’m experiencing long delays when I open a file dialogue for saving or opening a product or any other file. The delay is up to seven seconds between the button click and the opening of the dialogue. This might be mainly an issue on Windows. I haven’t validated if the delay also exists on other OS. So, I tried to find the cause for it. And after several hours I found it. The delay is caused by a security manager installed by the NetBeans platform. If this is disabled, the dialogues are opened …

[wkcmark]

Thanks. That kind of works. It seems like it is 10 seconds quicker but still not instantaneous as on previous versions of SNAP

[Marco_EOM]

Do you have broken links on your desktop, or do you use many network drives?
This can also cause slowness.

Bug ID: JDK-8265446 JFileChooser slow with network shortcut on desktop