why my .net application horribly slow to start after the machine is rebooted?

Question

Does anyone know why it is so horribly slow to start a .net application after the machine is rebooted(i.e cold start) ?

After researching in google I found some cl

Answer 1

You could use ProcMon from SysInternals to profile your app during startup. This will log all registry/file access with time stamp. It may point you in an area where there's a delay.

Also, when cold booting, does your machine have a lot of disc access? Is your virus scanner doing a full scan at boot?