# Why does Processing take 10 seconds to load and run any sketch?

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/why-does-processing-take-10-seconds-to-load-and-run-any-sketch/40169>\
**Category:** Beginners\
**Created:** [December 15, 2022, 7:55am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/why-does-processing-take-10-seconds-to-load-and-run-any-sketch/40169 "2022-12-15T07:55:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![hallow255win](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d78d45/32.png) [@hallow255win](https://discourse.processing.org/u/hallow255win)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 7:55am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/why-does-processing-take-10-seconds-to-load-and-run-any-sketch/40169/1 "2022-12-15T07:55:50Z")

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I have Processing 4 on my win 7 PC, every time i click “run” button on the sketch, it takes 8-10 seconds to load and pop up the window of canvas regardless of sketch’s complexity.

The drawing process is, on the other hand, quite fast and smooth even when there are thousands of objects.

How do I change the setting to reduce the sketch loading time to 1-2 seconds?

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**Author:** ![JSGauthier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jsgauthier/32/9910_2.png) [@JSGauthier](https://discourse.processing.org/u/JSGauthier)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2022, 5:19am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/why-does-processing-take-10-seconds-to-load-and-run-any-sketch/40169/2 "2022-12-16T05:19:24Z")

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I can’t be sure but, if you are running Windows 7 you might consider installing a different version of Processing like P 3.5.4?

> **[Download](https://processing.org/download/)**
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> Processing is available for Linux, Mac, and Windows. Select your choice to download the software below.

Best of luck.

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**Author:** ![hallow255win](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d78d45/32.png) [@hallow255win](https://discourse.processing.org/u/hallow255win)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 8:39am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/why-does-processing-take-10-seconds-to-load-and-run-any-sketch/40169/3 "2022-12-17T08:39:52Z")

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I’ve tried P 3.5.4, and P 2.0, it still takes as long to load as Processing.4.

btw i know debug mode takes much longer to load sketch, I’m not running the debug mode.

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**Author:** ![jafal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jafal/32/19112_2.png) [@jafal](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jafal)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 12:40pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/why-does-processing-take-10-seconds-to-load-and-run-any-sketch/40169/4 "2022-12-17T12:40:58Z")

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@hallow255win  
Hi

The speed depends on several factors: RAM, CPU, graphics card, and the content of the temp folder

And also sketch applied to an application or not