# 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")
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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@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")

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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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