Launchbox loads very slowly

[CitznFish]

My launchbox is taking 5 to 10 minutes to load these days. I do not remember it being this slow previously. I'm loading about 5.5GB worth of games and it seems like LB is scanning everything every time it loads. 

I rarely turn on my machine these days but I am positive it was never like this previously. It's an older build from 2020 and the games are on a standard hard drive. 

Hardware:

Intel i7 3770

8GB ram

Nvidia 2060 rtx

Windows 10

 

 

Maybe I need to upgrade the ram? But it was previously fine when I built this in 2020

 

Any ideas?

 

[JoeViking245]

1 hour ago, CitznFish said:

My launchbox is taking 5 to 10 minutes to load these days. I do not remember it being this slow previously. I'm loading about 5.5GB worth of games and it seems like LB is scanning everything every time it loads. 

What version of LaunchBox are you running?

One thing you can try is to disable automated imports (2 locations).

Tools < Options < General < Automated Imports
Tools < Manage < Storefronts... 

[Taekwonty11]

Having same issue on Version 14.0. Went back to Version 13.27 and it loads normally (much quicker) again.

Edited August 13 by Taekwonty11

[JoeViking245]

22 minutes ago, Taekwonty11 said:

Having same issue on Version 14.0.

There is no v14.0.  If you're seeing issues on the latest 13.28-beta release, it'd be best (most helpful) to report it on the beta thread.

[CitznFish]

On 8/2/2026 at 1:25 PM, JoeViking245 said:

What version of LaunchBox are you running?

One thing you can try is to disable automated imports (2 locations).

Tools < Options < General < Automated Imports
Tools < Manage < Storefronts... 

Thanks for this. Both were disabled. I updated to 14.0 tonight and it's loading quicker but mame games def are lagging. Galaga takes a good 45 seconds to load from hitting play. 

[JoeViking245]

8 hours ago, CitznFish said:

Thanks for this. Both were disabled. I updated to 14.0 tonight and it's loading quicker but mame games def are lagging. Galaga takes a good 45 seconds to load from hitting play. 

I've found the 1st time-of-the-day you load a game using MAME, it takes a while. Maybe not 45 seconds. Then subsequent launches of MAME load quicker.  Note, if you restart your computer, the next load (of MAME) counts as the 1st time-of-the-day.

There is [now] also a v14.01-beta available. It's sort of a "hot fix" for 14.0. Though not sure if it will change what you're seeing, it does address several other issues.