# Slow root directory loading
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/slow-root-directory-loading/53984
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 7, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/slow-root-directory-loading/53984 "2021-08-07T01:35:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@dp19](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dp19)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/slow-root-directory-loading/53984/1 "2021-08-07T01:35:23Z")
Hi Folks,
i have come across a problem that i can't find a solution. i'm using a laptop over a network connection. i run mp3tag and open a root directory from my desktop. when i do tis it take over four hours to load. i'm doing this so a can sort mp3 that i wish to work on by year. if i open a artist folder from the root direct it works fine. this started a few days ago when i setup a desktop. was working fine from laptop to laptop. any suggestions to correct this without using the desktop?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2021, 6:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/slow-root-directory-loading/53984/2 "2021-08-07T06:44:25Z")
Looks to me like a network problem. And IMHO ist virtually impossible to troubleshoot your network setup from the distance.
You would have to check the connection speeds first of all. Are they all gigabit LAN? What kind of access restrictions apply on the remote drive?
All such things. Very hard to tell and has hardly anything to do with MP3tag.
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### Author:  [@dp19](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dp19)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2021, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/slow-root-directory-loading/53984/3 "2021-08-07T12:36:51Z")
Thanks your guess to your response is as good as mine.i have know idea how to check them.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/slow-root-directory-loading/53984/4 "2021-08-07T13:46:26Z")
I just remembered this thread:
> [@Windows Defender - Speed of loading files in MP3Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-defender-speed-of-loading-files-in-mp3tag/47784):
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> In the past I already noticed that the antivirus-software of windows-defender slows down the loading speed of files in MP3Tag dramatically: At this time my third-party antivirus-software (Avast) had been gotten accidently deactivated and windows-defender activated. This time I wanted to give windows-defender a second chance, deinstalled Avast and activated the defender. The same happened as before: Mp3Tag became very slow in loading files in spite of the activated library-function. I tes…
Perhaps that has in impact.
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### Author:  [@dp19](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dp19)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2021, 12:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/slow-root-directory-loading/53984/5 "2021-08-08T00:40:16Z")
Thanks i did some more look up on this and i found that it a windows thing from what i have read. i did get it loaned on my laptop. close the program after first laod and rerun and it looks to laod some faster. Thanks again for the reply.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/slow-root-directory-loading/53984/6 "2026-02-09T12:29:21Z")