Audacity Forum

Yes I have a ssd, and no I don't have any running antivirus.

I found a solution Installed 2.1.2 rc3, then made a shortcut to audacity to start minimized and put it in the startup folder as an intended workaround. Rebooted windows, audacity starts at startup but faster than it used to. Removed audacity from startup folder, now it starts in a few seconds anyway...

Unfortunately I need to use WASAPI loopback recording which was introduced in 2.0.5 so this is a real issue. I have a 3 ghz I7 Windows 7 64 bit computer which usually loads everything in milliseconds. What I've tried that didn't make a difference: 1. Disabling all plugins 2. Deleting all plugins 3. ...