Slow Debug

[majkinetor]

I have the following problem: when I debug application I have to wait for all dll's to be loaded a very long period of time (minute, two or even more). This is partial content of debug window:

'unl.exe': Loaded 'D:\Work\Code\Visual Studio\test\unl\Debug\unl.exe', Symbols loaded.
'unl.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll', No symbols loaded.
'unl.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll', No symbols loaded.
....

Over 20 dlls are loaded and some take more time then others.When this list is over application starts in debug mode.

I have this applicatin which can be debuged normaly in VS 6.0 but when I convert it, the slow debug begins. I thought that there is something in conversion process that isn't handled correctly, so I created app again in VS7 from ground up but when I finally made it work, it behaved the same as converted.

Project Non-Default parameters:
Preprocessor: WIN32,_DEBUG,_CONSOLE,_MBCS,WINNT,_AFXDLL
Code Generation: Multi-threaded DLL (/MD)
Basic Runtime Checks: Both (/RTC1, equiv. to /RTCsu)


Command Line:
/Od /D "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" /D "_CONSOLE" /D "_MBCS" /D "WINNT" /D "_AFXDLL" /Gm /EHsc /RTC1 /MD /Yu"stdafx.h" /Fp"Debug/unl.pch" /Fo"Debug/" /Fd"Debug/vc70.pdb" /W3 /nologo /c /Wp64 /ZI /TP

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This is not the only application with witch I have this problem. Several other applications I converted from VC6 to VC7 did the same. Am I doing something wrong or overseeing some compiler switch.....

Thx for any help.

 

[cpjust]

Is it fast in Release mode?

 

[DirectAnim]

And do you, perhaps, have a piece-of-crap computer?

 

[lionelhill]

... the only comment I'd add is that slow computers exist, and are used every day. I suspect that globally more useful work is done by old slow computers than super-fast modern ones. Replacing all your PC stock every year is expensive and outrageously environmentally damaging.

It is a continual moan of mine that applications developed on the latest in PC technology are often deeply frustrating and barely useable when released into the real world of last year's machines.