Getting Photoshop to start faster

Just read a way to get photoshop to start about plus 80% faster.
I read it on a publication from Wiley Publishing, Inc. Author is Shangara Sigh and the title is Hacking Photoshop CS2.

It is realy easy. Just going to the Plug-in folder and putting an ~ before the file name which you which to stop from loading.
He advises on a couple few which I never use and must be realy heavy:
-Digimarc;
-Filmstrip;
-PCX;
-Pixar;
-Photo CD; and
-Targa.

I would advise trying this and getting the publication might also be a good idea. I have just started to read it and it seems a very useful and simple book.

Hope you'll find this helpful.

Thanks ! I'll give that a whirl...

Jaime,
How do I get to the Plug-in folder?

Thanks.

I just tried and i dont feel any difference. I didnt exactly time it but i think 80% might be a bit optimistic?
Thanks for sharing though

Chris,
It depends on where you have the Adobe directory installed mine is at
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS2\Plug-Ins
for the digimarc
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS2\Plug-Ins\File Formats
for the remaining

hemuni wrote:
I just tried and i dont feel any difference. I didnt exactly time it but i think 80% might be a bit optimistic?
Thanks for sharing though

Well, I didn't time it either but it sure felt like 80% to me.
Might have to do with the fact that I also disabled Neatimage as a plug-in.

My rough tests say it takes CS2 5 seconds to start as normal, and 4.5 seconds with this done. This is with CS2 cached in memory. I turned the plugins back on.

5 sec? I wish that was my case. Then I would also leave the plug-ins turned on.
My PC takes 20sec now that the plu-ins are disabled.

Sorry if it doesn't work for you or anyone else. My intention was just to share what was a helpful revelation for me.

Thanks Jaime. That's where mine are too.

Huh. Mine normally stalls for a good few seconds while loading plug-ins. Now it starts right up. Thanks for the tip.

. ... on my dual 3.2GHz Xeons and U320 SCSI in RAID-0 it has no affect.... sorry. (everything starts under 3 seconds)

It does for me now. To be honest, mine used to take at least 15 seconds. But, in the grand scheme of things, not really that big of a deal either.

supplier wrote:
. ... on my dual 3.2GHz Xeons and U320 SCSI in RAID-0 it has no affect.... sorry. (everything starts under 3 seconds)

dual 3.2GHz Xeons and U320 SCSI in RAID-0???

Now I know what I should be getting next

I have a PIII 800mHz machine. I'm sure i'll see the huge improvement. Can't wait to go home and try. Thanks Jaime.

I read some place that turing off the font preview will make it load faster as well. Since I am work now, I dont have the link.