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Post by BuckSkin on Nov 15, 2015 9:46:36 GMT
This just started recently and is gradually getting worse, various functions in my Elements 7 organizer have slowed to a crawl.
Before this problem began, regardless of what I was doing, response was almost immediate.
Now, such tasks as adding notes, captions, and changing date/time can take as much as five minutes or longer.
In the "album" pane, clicking on the little triangle switches used to yield an immediate response and scrolling up/down through the albums was smooth and fluid; now, I can click one of the little triangles and it may be a minute or more before it responds; and, when I attempt to scroll it jerks and lurches along slowly.
Picking up and dragging a keyword tag is also an erratic lurching affair.
Can I fix this and regain the quick/smooth responsiveness that I had a couple weeks ago ?
If so, what do I do and how do I do it ?
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Post by Sepiana on Nov 15, 2015 18:34:24 GMT
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Post by BuckSkin on Nov 16, 2015 6:58:42 GMT
Thanks, Sepiana !!!
Regarding the first solution in the link you provided, my Elements 7 has no "media analysis" option in the preferences; that must have been added in later versions.
However, I did follow the instructions in the next solution to "repair and optimize catalog"; after doing that, everything I have thus tried has worked as good and quickly as it used to before the problems began ----- with one exception ----- although not quite so slow to respond as before, I am still experiencing some hesitation in response to clicking the little arrow/triangle switches that open/close the various album lists in the "albums" pane; interestingly, response to the same little switches in the "keyword" pane is rapid and immediate.
After following the instructions and repairing/optimizing the catalog, I experimented with adding some captions and notes and response was within seconds; whereas, before applying this solution, it was taking as much as five minutes or more to perform.
Thanks again for pointing me toward those instructions.
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Post by Sepiana on Nov 16, 2015 17:10:48 GMT
BuckSkin, glad to hear the Organizer has picked up speed. I believe the Media-Analysis feature was introduced in Elements 8 (Auto-Analyzer). It is known to make your computer run very sluggish. That's why it is usually recommended to turn if off. I checked John R Ellis' FAQs. Here is another suggestion to improve the Organizer's performance. It applies to Elements 7. The Keyword Tags pane is sluggish |
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Post by BuckSkin on Nov 18, 2015 7:25:46 GMT
Thanks very much for the John R Ellis information; I will check it out.
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