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My org has been having the same issue for over a year. We figured it was some sort of group policy issue from the get go. At first I was removed from group policy altogether and that seemed to work for about three months. Then the problem came back. I was the first one on Windows 10 since I am in the IT department testing for all the rest of the users. Now everyone is starting to switch with replacements and they are all starting to have the problem. It tried the update instead of replace and it increased the working time to about and hour instead of the 15-30 minutes that the error was happening in before. It is quite annoying since it effects file geodatabases and sometimes raster data that is stored on the network. I have 10.6.1 for desktop, but it is also effecting ArcGIS Pro, which makes it even harder to switch over to.
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I think it could have been done better... First off it should be in beta until it can do everything that the program it is supposed to replace can do. I am getting sick of software manufacturers pawning off new versions that don't do what the previous one did. Second it should have never used the ribbon interface...it wasn't liked by anyone I know of in ms office, so why would it be liked here. I have been using ESRI software since ArcView GIS 2.0 and it was a relief for me when they went to version 8... this to me is a step backward because it feels like I am using ArcView GIS again when in Pro. They said that they had to rewrite all of ArcGIS for version 10.1... why not make it 64 bit then? As for multiple layouts...I didn't use them when they had them before... too unstable. Also, they will just get rid of them again with the next rewrite and that is where it was messy for most people...doing the many to one conversion. Since most of the infrastructure I work with is network based and departmental based where there are shared datasets between departments. It just feels like I need to "set my working directory" multiple times while doing things in Pro. Going over to Pro will probably require a complete revision to how things are done across all departments where I work... Lucky me, I am responsible for making it all happen smoothly. Alas, since it has been decided to be the future, I will learn it, and it probably won't be as annoying to use over time. It just seems so disjointed and clunky right now and doesn't seem even close to a finished product. Most things that I do take an extra 3-5 clicks over what they did in ArcMap or require me to open ArcMap anyway since the functionality isn't in Pro. I am using it as a side program right now because right now it doesn't get the job done, but I will be ready when ESRI kills Desktop. Also, it has already failed as an emergency response program where I work. I had a bunch of emergency stuff set up through ArcGIS online and with Pro but with networks down...including cellular from a storm, the program that saved the day was good old ArcGIS Desktop with standalone licensing and printing out paper maps since there was no internet.
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