Windows 10: toolbar menu first time after boot very slow to display

I have a toolbar with about 25 items, mostly just shortcuts to various programs. When I first left click on the toolbar name in the taskbar, it can take 5-10 seconds to display the menu. I've tried to determine which (if just one) item that is causing the slowdown, but am unable to do so. Is there any way to speed this up?

Interestingly, the desktop toolbar, which has many more complex menu items only takes about 1 second to display. While it is figuring out what to display, I don't see any appreciable cpu time (watching with procexplorer) nor do I see any disk i/o, so something must be hung up. Also, I have a similar menu on a much slower laptop, which also takes about the same amount of time for its menu to display - again makes me think it's some sort of timeout hang up.

I also can't suspend or hibernate (neither work) so I have to reboot a lot, which is why this keeps coming up.

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No startup boot menu

Hello Kimoefat,

Thank you for posting your concern in Microsoft Community and welcome to the Windows 10 Family.

As an initial recommendation, I would suggest you to access the System configuration utility and check if the Operating System installation path for Ubuntu exists. To do so, follow the below steps.

• Type msconfig in the search bar and select System Configuration from the search results.
• Select the boot tab in the System configuration console to check if the installation path for Ubuntu exists.

If it exists, next logical step is to check if the boot menu time out has been set to 0, which results in Boot menu not showing up.

The boot menu time-out determines how long the boot menu is displayed before the default boot entry is loaded. It is calibrated in seconds. To change the boot menu time-out, use the Bootcfg
/timeout switch. Valid values are from 0 through 999. You cannot use Bootcfg to set an indefinite time-out.

You can run the following Run command line to set the boot menu time-out accordingly. To do so, follow the below steps.

• 
  Press Windows key + X, select
  Command prompt (Admin) to bring up elevated Command prompt
  
• 
  Type in the following command: bootcfg /timeout 10
  
  timeout 10 will set the time frame to 10 seconds
  

However, if the Boot path for Ubuntu does not exist in the boot menu of System Configuration utility, I would suggest you to check if the Ubuntu is overridden by the Windows installation or if the Ubuntu installation files are corrupted.

Hope the above information is helpful. If you need further information, feel free to write to us and we would be happy to help you.

Thank You.

 

computer is very slow after installing Windows 10

Hi Marie,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community. I understand that your computer is very slow after installing Windows 10.
I will surely help you to fix this issue.

This issue could have occurred due to these reasons:

• 
  Memory issues.
  
• 
  Conflict between third party applications.
  

Try the steps listed here:

Method 1:

I suggest you to run System Maintenance troubleshooter and check if it helps.

a) Press the Windows key on the
keyboard.

b) Type troubleshooter in the search box and then press
enter.

c) Select Troubleshooting. Click on view all and select
System

Maintenance.

d) Click next and follow the on-screen instructions.

Method 2:

I suggest you to boot the computer to Safe Mode and check if the issue occurs. If the issue do not occur in Safe Mode, I suggest you to set the computer in a clean boot state and check if it helps.

Step 1:

I suggest you to refer the article and check if it helps.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-10/start-your-pc-in-safe-mode

Step 2:

If the issue do not occur in Safe Mode, perform a clean boot and check. Setting the system in a clean boot state will help to identify if any third party applications or startup items are causing the issue.

How to perform a clean boot in Windows

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135

Warning:

1. Applies to Windows 10.

2. After clean boot troubleshooting steps, refer to the section "How to reset the computer to start as usual after troubleshooting with clean boot" in the provided link to return your computer to Normal startup
mode.

Hope this information helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of the issue so that we can assist you further.