# RW 8.3 and Stacks 4.0.3 slow opening

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-8-3-and-stacks-4-0-3-slow-opening/29044>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [October 4, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-8-3-and-stacks-4-0-3-slow-opening/29044 "2019-10-04T17:55:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![garageshop](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/garageshop/32/366_2.png) [@garageshop](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/garageshop)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-8-3-and-stacks-4-0-3-slow-opening/29044/1 "2019-10-04T17:55:02Z")

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Hi All,

Has anyone noticed that the current version of RW and Stacks takes quite a bit of time to open? I have a large site, several hundred images over many pages and RW took 4 minutes to load. Not the end of the world, but I thought it hung and has never been that slow before.

Lots of spinning beach balls while working on the site. Not sure what is going on.

Thanks.  
Blessings,  
—Mark

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**Author:** ![curiouschuck](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/curiouschuck/32/14064_2.png) [@curiouschuck](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/curiouschuck)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 12:48am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-8-3-and-stacks-4-0-3-slow-opening/29044/2 "2019-10-05T00:48:36Z")

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RW opens normally for me. Poster stack loads slowest but it has the most content, so predictable.  
If you have many images, and you haven’t 'squashed" them, perhaps try that, try optimizing the images.

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**Author:** ![garageshop](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/garageshop/32/366_2.png) [@garageshop](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/garageshop)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-8-3-and-stacks-4-0-3-slow-opening/29044/3 "2019-10-05T17:53:41Z")

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Thanks Chuck.

Yes, all of the images have been reduced and this site is quite old. Not sure why it is happening all of a sudden.

Blessings,  
—Mark

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/system/32/25301_2.png) [@system](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 3:53am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-8-3-and-stacks-4-0-3-slow-opening/29044/4 "2019-11-05T03:53:46Z")

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