IDE 2.0.3 sluggishness

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I like this nice looking IDE but it is totally useless. It brings my decent computer to its knees!
Clicking on File (or alt file) does nothing.
Closing an opened sketch is impossible
Upgrading boards & libraries does not exit.

Is it me? Don't blame it on the computer. I close out everything beforehand.
Is there a way to force it to use Java 64bits on a 64 bit computer. It insists on running the 32bit version

Help appreciated
Bo W4GHV since '54

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Hi @w4ghv. Which operating system are you using (e.g., "Windows")?

I ask because I would like to request you to provide some additional information and I want to give you the appropriate instructions for your operating system.

What was the exact procedure you used?

I ask because, unlike Arduino IDE 1.x and most other Windows applications (I don't know what the conventions are on other operating systems), Arduino IDE 2.x does not currently have "accelerator" keys (e.g., Alt+F for "File") to access specific menus. You can focus the menu bar itself using Alt, but then you have to use the arrow keys to navigate from there to access the menus via the keyboard.

I see you created a dedicated topic for this subject:

Let's confine all further discussion of "forcing" Java 64-bit to that topic so we don't duplicate efforts between the two topics. We can use this topic for discussion of your problem with the Arduino IDE 2.x performance.

How are you determining this? As I explained in the other topic, Arduino IDE 2.x does not use Java.

Even though this might end up crossing over to the subject matter of Forcing Java 64 bit with Arduino, it is possible it is in some way relevant to the performance problem with Arduino IDE 2.x since the use of any type of Java by Arduino IDE 2.x itself is completely unexpected.

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I received the answer to this specific question in the other thread:

I'm going to ask you to post some additional information that might help us to identify the problem.

Please do this:

  1. Start Windows "File Explorer".
  2. Open the Arduino IDE installation folder.
    (usually C:\Program Files\Arduino IDE or C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Local\Programs\Arduino IDE).
  3. In the folder listing of the Arduino IDE installation folder, hold the Shift key while clicking the right hand button on the mouse.
  4. From the context menu, click "Open PowerShell window here".
    Windows PowerShell will now open with the current directory set to the Arduino IDE installation folder.
  5. Type the following command:
    & ".\Arduino IDE"
  6. Press the Enter key.
    Debug output should now be printed to the PowerShell window as Arduino IDE starts.
  7. Wait for Arduino IDE to finish starting.
  8. Switch back to the PowerShell window.
  9. Right click on the title bar of the PowerShell window.
    This will open a context menu.
  10. Select Edit > Select All from the context menu.
    This will select all the text in the PowerShell window.
  11. Press Ctrl+C.
    This will copy the contents of the PowerShell window to the clipboard.
  12. Open a forum reply here by clicking the Reply button.
  13. Click the </> icon on the post composer toolbar.
    This will add the forum's code block markup (```) to your reply to make sure the error messages are correctly formatted.
    Code block
  14. Press Ctrl+V.
    This will paste the output into the code block.
  15. Move the cursor outside of the code block markup before you add any additional text to your reply.
  16. Click the Reply button to post the output.

Please let me know if you have any questions or problems while following those instructions.

I received the answer to this specific question in the other thread:

So we can discontinue any discussion of Java here. If anyone is interested or knowledgeable on the subject, please see the other topic:

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