SDL Studio is very slow when moving from any tab to "Projects" tab

Question

Hi, 
 
 When working with SDL Studio 2014 SP2 and moving from any tab to the "Projects" tab, SDL Studio thinks for a couple of minutes (Not Responding) and then it allows me to keep working. 
 I've noticed also that SDL Studio 2014 SP2 use approx. 1 GB from my PC RAM memory, while it my colleagues PC it uses less than 100 MB. 
 It is important to mention that I have the SDL Licensing Server Toolkit installed n my PC. 
 
 Can you please advise how to solve it? Is the Server Toolkit affect? 
 
 Regards 
 Fouad

Jesse Good · Accepted Answer

> I have many projects in the list 
 
Please try the following experiment (close Trados first): 
1. Go to your "Studio 2014" projects folder. 
It should be located in C:\Users\[YOUR USER NAME]\Documents\Studio 2014\Projects 
 
2. Find "projects.xml" and make a backup copy of it somewhere. 
 
3. After you make a backup copy of "projects.xml", delete the "projects.xml" inside of the "Projects" folder. 
* Important: Make sure you have a backup copy of "projects.xml" before deleting. 
If you lose this file, you cannot restore your project list. 
 
4. Open up Trados and see if the lag is gone. Note that your projects list will be empty because you deleted it in step 3. 
 
If the above solves your problem, then your problem is your projects list is too big. 
Also, you can restore your original projects list by moving the backup copy back into the "Projects" folder.

Paul Filkin · Answer

Yael Reinhold said: I need to know for sure if this is the reason for the problem, 
 Probably not. I would think this is more likely to be related to general access to resources. This could be related to having files on a central server as you have discovered for your TMs, and it could also be related to things like anti-virus, firewall or even an aggressive cleanup tool or defragger. Try switching off your security just for a couple of tests to see if this improves the situation. If it does then you'll need to make sure that Studio is an exception for these programs.

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SDL Studio is very slow when moving from any tab to "Projects" tab