# Performance penalty with option "Show start panel when ..."? **URL:** \ **Category:** Scrivener for Windows\ **Tags:** bug\ **Created:** [February 19, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/performance-penalty-with-option-show-start-panel-when/32698 "2016-02-19T20:01:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Linus](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Linus](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Linus)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/performance-penalty-with-option-show-start-panel-when/32698/1 "2016-02-19T20:01:59Z")
Hi, when I open a project with around 100 scenes in a few folders which are displayed full-blown in the Outliner, this takes Scrivener about 30(!) seconds to start. And even after this, navigating in the binder is a pain until I traverse all folders (some caching effects seems to kick in then). All the scenes have barely more than 20 words of text, only synopses, document notes and a handful of keywords each. I am running the project from an SSD. I have no backup option selected. This was really annoying. My workaround was to collapse the folders when closing the project, so that Scrivener only had to display a few elements in the Outliner on the next start. However it then took frustratingly long to open the folders and get to work. Then, accidentally, in the options I deselected “Show start panel when there are no projects open”. From then on the same project took Scrivener 3 seconds to open, 10 times faster! 😮 Even navigating through the binder seems to be smoother from the start. Has anyone else encountered this behaviour? Maybe this is something to investigate, because I cannot imagine why this seemingly innocent option should have such a tremendous performance penalty. BTW: The Linux version does not show this strange behaviour. Opens in a snap with any option (Sigh). Regards, Linus