# LONG lag time switching from other programs to Flash

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/long-lag-time-switching-from-other-programs-to-flash/214730>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 31, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/long-lag-time-switching-from-other-programs-to-flash/214730 "2007-01-31T15:30:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![mikedkap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@mikedkap](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mikedkap)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/long-lag-time-switching-from-other-programs-to-flash/214730/1 "2007-01-31T15:30:48Z")

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Has anyone heard of this before? Any time I switch from any other open program to a project in Flash, I get a super long wait time before I’m able to work with Flash again. The lag time **only** happens when switching to Flash (I get the spinning ball of death while the Flash menus load again -EVERY time!)

This happens no matter if I have just Flash open and I’m switching from the finder back to it or if I have 15 programs open at once…

It is super frustrating and slowing down my workflow between Flash and any other programs! I just uninstalled and reinstalled hoping it would help but got same result - Any help?

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