Stuck at "loading configuration..."

[info@sweetman.it]

Hello all,
it's a few days that in some circumstances MC doesn't load.
I use a Vera crypt volume and I mount it, usually.
But once mounted I try to run MC and it get stuck on the splash screen with the message "loading configuration...".
I can only brutally close it from task manager.
To make it work I need to dismount the vera crypt volume, load MC and then re-mount the vera crypt volume.
This morning this didn't work any more: MC doesn't load even with VC volume unmounted.
So I reinstalled MC and now it works again (if I run before mounting VC volume).
Is there a way to prevent this problem globally? perhaps an option in the config?
Thanks in advance for any suggestion.
Tony

[Mathias (Author)]

Run Veracrypt my self and never had any issue, So there is no general issue with veracrypt

Often when startup takes time it is because MC is waiting for a call to Windows to timeout. Because sometimes windows does not know yet if device that is a network shares is available or not, So the first time it access it it going to take a while before it times out and Windows then caches that.

I never seen an issue with veracrypt. MC see that as any other normal drive.

In Core settings enable full application logging,  restart, And then when it start up you can in the log (Ctrl+L) or view the logfile. see what part is taking time.

You can also create a Dump file of Multicommander.exe when it has hanged from TaskManager and then zip that and upload it to https://multicommander.com/support/upload
Then I might be able to see what it is waiting for.