Out of the blue today when I opened PSE 11 and then tried to use it to open a file on my Desktop, it went to sleep. Task Manager showed it "not-responding". Rebooting the computer did not help. After a couple of tries, I waited for 2-3 minutes and it then displayed files on the desktop. I switched the location it was searching, which was Desktop to my photo folder, and everything started working normally. Closed and restarted, and it was fine opening files from my Pictures folder. But, when I switched it to Desktop it went to sleep again for 2-3 minutes. At one point it got a message, which I forget exactly, but basically saying it could not find the file it was searching for??
It seems unique to the Desktop location. The Desktop is part of the operating system (Windows 8.1), and on a SSD. The Pictures folder is on my HDDs. Any thoughts on what is going on? I don't recall making any changes to the setup.
Summary of the symptoms:
1. Only is slow with File, Open, or File, Open As, when the location is the Desktop
2. Operating system (8.1) is on a SSD. Normal file folder is on HDD.
3. Same actions when location is Pictures on HDD is normal.
4. Process Explorer does not seem to detect any activity going on during the "sleeping" mode
It seems unique to the Desktop location. The Desktop is part of the operating system (Windows 8.1), and on a SSD. The Pictures folder is on my HDDs. Any thoughts on what is going on? I don't recall making any changes to the setup.
Summary of the symptoms:
1. Only is slow with File, Open, or File, Open As, when the location is the Desktop
2. Operating system (8.1) is on a SSD. Normal file folder is on HDD.
3. Same actions when location is Pictures on HDD is normal.
4. Process Explorer does not seem to detect any activity going on during the "sleeping" mode
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Win 8 x64
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Custom
- CPU
- AMD FX-8350
- Motherboard
- Asus M5A99FX Pro R2.0
- Memory
- 16 GB Viper 3 DDR3-2133
- Graphics Card(s)
- HIS Radeon HD 7770
- Sound Card
- Realtek HD
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Asus PA248Q
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1200
- Hard Drives
- 128 GB 840 Pro Samsung SSD
2 x 1TB Seagate Barracuda (Storage Space - Simple)
- PSU
- Antec 550
- Case
- Antec Sonata II
- Cooling
- CoolerMaster TPC 812
- Keyboard
- CM Storm Quickfire XT Brn - wired PS/2
- Mouse
- Roccat Lua - wired USB
- Internet Speed
- 15
- Browser
- IE10
- Antivirus
- MS Defender