The load time is going to depend on the size of your collection.  The more DVDs you own the slower it will be.  I have a little over 700 movies and it only takes about 5-10 seconds for Profiler to open (depending if it's on my main PC or my laptop; the slower being my laptop).

You could try going into Tools -> Options -> Utilties and running a "Repair DVD Profiler Database".  There are a few options when you run it that will remove unused Cast, Crew, Studios, etc that may reduce your DB size.  Plus, doing the repair may do a general optimization and compaction on the DB (not positive about that but I'd be surprised if it doesn't).  There's also an option in the Utilities to clean up your Images folder to remove un-used images.  I'm not sure if the number or size of images will effect the load time though.

Other than that.. short of getting a faster PC with more RAM, I can't think of much else you can do to speed it up.

Ken said that if you uninstall your plugins, it will speed up startup time.

You can also uninstall DVDP and opt to maintain your data files and then reinstall DVDP without the plugins.

Of course, it's always an excellent idea to back up your collection before doing anything.  And just because.

yes i have a regular back up process which includes dvd profiler. 

ill start with the repair then the uninstall with out plug-ins.

however i am still using the plug-in for adding upc from text document. for now ill have to re-install this one. 

that dougweb page is probably what i remember seeing.  sorry i thought it was here at the forums. 

It COULD be Vista. I don't run stopwatches on my program, but I have 4 times what you have and still XP Pro instead of Vista, and maybe it takes a minute.

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What's the configuration of your computer?

I'm running Vista Home SP1 on an Intel Core 2 DUO 2 GHz with 4 GB of RAM, and with 1400 titles it takes about 15-20 seconds for the program to boot.

Ken is the only one who can say with any authority whether your configuration is to blame for the slow load, but I do know that Vista is a memory hog so if you've got the minimum 1 GB of RAM that Vista requires, perhaps that's the reason.

Have you tried uninstalling/reinstalling the app itself?

Another thing you could do is add the "/NoSplash" command line option to your DVD Profiler shortcut. While that won't speed up the program start, you'll at least be able to use the computer for other things while you're waiting.

In case you're unaware of how to do that, follow these steps:

1. Right-click on the DVD Profiler shortcut and select "Properties"
2. In the new window, make sure the "Shortcut" tab is selected at the top.
3. In the "Target" area, add the following at the end of the text that is already there: /NoSplash
4. Make sure there's a space between the text that is there and the /NoSplash portion, also make sure to add the /NoSplash to the right of the " and not to the left.
5. Click OK - you may have to give permission to Windows to complete the change.

Now when you launch DVD Profiler you won't see the splash screen.

KM

Would the thumbnail or the txt in the Collection List window not make a difference?