RK Launcher Performance Issues

I'm running Windows XP SP2 on a system with the following specs.

AMD Athlon XP 2200+ 1.8GHz

1 GB DDR-RAM

160GB Hard Drive

SiS Chipset Mobo

Nvidia Geforce FX 5600 8x AGP

SoundBlaster LIVE 24-Bit External

I really like the RK Launcher interface. It works exactly like the Dock in Mac OS X on my roommate's MacBook Pro. Ever since installing RK Launcher I've noticed stuttering performance on my system. In Task Manager I'll see sudden, frequent spikes CPU usuage. Normally this isn't an issue for me while working with OpenOffice or Opera but when I launch a game it starts to show. In Final Fantasy XI (an MMORPG) the graphics pause at regular intervals. This didn't happen before using RK Launcher.

Is anything being done development-wise to minimize how much of a CPU load this little app has?

#420402

RKlauncher

memory - 6.2 -> ca 7 k (max) in process management

there is an option to "Never take focus'", u might want to try that

cheers ...

#420405

Use the latest nightly build:

- build 275: LINK

This will ease your pain a bit . ..It's still a nightly though, as stated in the thread, some options might be temporarily disabled, or completely left out. But it does include a few enhancements, and fixes over previous versions. Just do a clean install (meaning: delete previous versions, and extract all the files of the nightly build to the now empty folder). Hope it helps

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