Thanks, i think BIAB is possibly scanning for too many unused plugins (35) .... maybe not normal. Cleanup did not help.
Bootime was 7 seconds ... see LOG below. (PS it's searches for That TTS Cakewalk plugin; i have not installed it, but maybe in the past however.)
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Bootup was optimal, set to fast [2021.813.0, 04/01/2021 09:11:17]
Bootup time in milliseconds =9,326 [2021.813.0, 04/01/2021 09:11:17]
Reminder. You have MIDI chords set to output (to drive an external synth). If you want to disable that, deselect "Output Chords" in Edit-Output Chords dialog. [2021.813.0, 04/01/2021 09:11:17]
Time to scan unknown VST plugins = 1 ms [2021.813.0, 04/01/2021 09:11:09]
Time to scan known VST plugins = 19 ms [2021.813.0, 04/01/2021 09:11:09]
Time to scan AU plugins = 0 ms [2021.813.0, 04/01/2021 09:11:09]
Time to scan ALL plugins = 20 ms [2021.813.0, 04/01/2021 09:11:09]
Scanning for plugins... [2021.813.0, 04/01/2021 09:11:09]
**** New Session started at : 04/01/2021 09:11:09
Running Windows Notepad.exe to display file L:\! BIAB 2021\Data\Logs\FlashMessageLog.txt [2021.813.0, 04/01/2021 09:10:21]