There are few things as frustrating as turning your computer on and having it take forever to fully load up, so how do you find out which programs are slowing everything down? With that goal in mind, today’s SuperUser Q&A post has an easy solution for a curious reader’s problem.
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The Question
SuperUser reader Sergey Larin wants to know how to determine the amount of time it takes for a program to fully load at startup:
How do you determine the amount of time it takes for a program to fully load at startup?
I have debated whether it is actually worth my time to look into this or not considering that my computer has a fast SSD, and if some programs only take a few milliseconds to start, then perhaps it is not worth the time and effort. But in case it could help, how can I find out how long it takes for a specific program to fully load at startup?
Here is a list of the programs that automatically start when I turn my computer on, but it does not show the exact amount of time in seconds or milliseconds, which is exactly what I want to see.
The Answer
SuperUser contributor Timmy Jim has the answer for us:
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