I am using uVision V5.18.0.0 running under Windows 10, building code for various STM32F parts.
My problem is that the IDE stops responding at various places for a long time, sometimes over 5 minutes, occasionally over 10, but eventually recovers.
This happens mostly at the completion of a build, occasionally on entering a debug session and occasionally when leaving a debug session.
While it isn't responding, a quick look at the Windows task manager shows the IDE is still consuming processor time, around 20%, and using a lot of memory, anything up to 2 GB!
It is becoming an issue that I have to wait for so long after running a build, and I would really appreciate a fix to this problem.
Also, is all your project entirely on local drives? Network stuff could slow things down unpredictably ...
Do you have version control or any other such stuff "hooked-in" which could be slowing things down?
No, all local and no version control hooked into uV.
I think Andrew might be thinking of Windows Explorer (Shell) Extensions, the sort of thing Tortoise CVS/SVN do. Where as AV is probably at a filter driver level.
Another thing to watch is the generation of Browse information, this has been a complete dog in uV for years, not sure if it was written by an intern using bubblesorts, but it turns the compile exercise into one where you can go brew a pot of tea/coffee waiting for it. Feels very 1986 TBH.