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> It appears this is related to Windows Defender scanning Jars as they are With both workspace and eclipse root folders added to "Exclusion list": after workspace selection, it takes less than 15 seconds to open workspaceĤ. initial splash screen is seen within 5 seconds, then workspace dialog opens. With eclipse root folder only added to "Exclusion list": Total time taken: a little over 1 minute.ģ. after workspace selection, it takes approximately 50 seconds to open workspace initial splash screen is seen for 12 seconds, then workspace dialog opens. With workspace folder only added to "Exclusion list": after workspace selection, it takes approximately 60 seconds to open workspaceĢ. initial splash screen is seen for 15 seconds, then workspace dialog opens.
WINDOWS DEFENDER SCAN STUCK WINDOWS 10
Without any Windows 10 defender "Exclusion list": > Add to the Windows Defender's Exclusions list "eclipse.exe" to bypass itĮclipse launch timings compared with & without any Win10 defender "Exclusion list":ġ. It appears this is related to Windows Defender scanning Jars as they are accessed as the Eclipse process does slowly make some headway using a tiny bit of CPU itself. When it finally completes, the workspace dialog prompt will come up.įor larger IDEs or updates to large configurations (aka updating to 2019-06), this same slowdown is observed during first launch after upgrade.Īdd to the Windows Defender's Exclusions list "eclipse.exe" to bypass it scanning the install. Note that the "Antimalware Service Executable" process running "Windows Defender Antivirus Service" will run for between 1 and 3 minutes. Ensure that Windows Defender on Windows 10 is running with default settings (aka that eclipse.exe or the extract folder isn't excluded from scanning)
WINDOWS DEFENDER SCAN STUCK ZIP
Grab any EPP Eclipse package in Zip form (I believe will also impact Eclipse Installer though installer was failing at time of logging this)Ģ. Most noticeable of course on larger packages, such as the JEE distribution of Eclipse.ġ. This is observed regardless of Eclipse or Java version. For new users installing Eclipse, Windows Defender by default on Windows 10 can have a significant impact on startup times.