The reset fixed that (I thank God for those who enable these fixes) despite my doing some customization and adding extensions. In my case, with Java enabled and many Recent Documents, then on a desktop PC (4.0 Ghz CPU 32GB RAM, under Windows 10 (on a M.2 NVMe drive, 100 GB free), then LO takes 45 seconds to load, though if I have a low amount of available RAM (yes, even with 32GB installed) and or high CPU from other applications then that will increase.Īnd this loading time is after having done a reset to Factory settings, which was done since LO writer had a pronounced lag and high CPU use in engaging in operations such as changing paragraph options. If the answer is correct or helped you to solve your problem, please click the check mark ( ) next to the answer.Īmong other things, some have suggested disabling Java to increase LO speed in general (note that as regards the first suggestion in the link, LO has since buried the ability to increase memory use.

Select option Reset to factory settings.

If that runs much faster - then a corrupt user profile may be the cause and you should reset the user profile using the following procedure:

Archive your profile expanding Advanced (click on the word Advanced right above Help button) and click Archive User Profile button.

Start in Safe Mode using Help -> Restart in Safe Mode and confirm the restart using button: Restart.

Your user profile could be the cause of this - thus test your user profile:

Just for the records (according to last comment of OP):

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