My built app runs slowly but only under a specific condition:
some_name.exe (built with Xojo) runs slow
Rename some_name.exe to some_other_name.exe (and rename the corresponding some_name Libs and some_name Resources folders
some_other_name.exe runs fast (approx 5x speed increase over some_name.exe)
The only difference is the naming of the .exe file.
Has anyone else experienced this? Any clues to a solution?
The only antivirus present is the standard “Virus & threat protection settings” built into Windows 10. The strange symptom persists when “Real-time protection” is off.
With “Windows Virus & threat protection”, try adding the exe to the exclusions. I’m on Windows 11 and it is under “Windows Security” → “Virus & threat protection” → “Virus & threat protection settings”, then scroll to the bottom and look for “Exclusions”. Click “Add or remove exclusions” and you will see what to do.
Thanks for the suggestion - I tried it but to no avail.
It turns out that a while ago I had used gflags.exe to configure the application to run with extra debugging facilities to detect heap corruption, and I did not realize that this setting is permanent and applies to all .exe files of the same name.
