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OpenOffice tip (startup time)

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Disable Java in the options and it starts in 1-2 seconds on the same machine.

Reduce OpenOffice startup time to 1 or 2 seconds without pre-loading.

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Disable Java in the options and it starts in 1-2 seconds on the same machine.

By way of comparison, I tried the same trick on my 32bit box (similar spec but with slower HDD's) and OOo was as snappy as hell and opened like the proverbial soil off a shovel.

If there's any functionality I miss through disabling Java, I haven't encountered any yet. And please note I'm not saying that Java is slow to execute (it isn't), it's just appallingly slow to load.

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Somewhat off topic but pertinent ENOUGH... Good God man! Thank you! The Java tab in the options dialog was incredibly easy to find but for some reason I just breezed right over it. Unclicking that little devil's box just dropped my start time from 15-20 seconds to 1.

Fran

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I tried it, and it still takes 15-20 seconds to load. You have to test it by killing all the OO and Java processes, or rebooting, because OO opens faster the second time anyway.

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