https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/script-tool-initialization-issues/m-p/1132925#M26103 <P>Hello,</P><P>Over the years I have built many script tools to run in Arc Toolbox within ArcMap.&nbsp; These tools have run fine for years with no issue.&nbsp; Several months ago (or maybe longer) I noticed often when I double-click the script to to open/run, there is a new message that Ive never saw before that says ' Click error and warning icons for more information' (see screenshot below).&nbsp; However, there are no errors or warnings (when I click the yellow ribbon it goes away).&nbsp; What is more problematic, some script tools that have lots of parameters now take extremely long to initialize (i.e. just open the form with the parameters) - sometimes as much as 7+ minutes.&nbsp; Most of these tools do not have any special validation defined (in 'Validation' tab), so not sure why it takes so long.&nbsp;</P><P>Any thoughts/pointers on what may be contributing to this would be greatly appreciated.&nbsp; I am running ArcMap 10.6.1 on Windows 10 (but that hasnt changed for a few years).&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks</P><P>Neal</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="NealBanerjee_0-1642003166378.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/31305i5267EF40BE13EF0C/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="NealBanerjee_0-1642003166378.png" alt="NealBanerjee_0-1642003166378.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:06:52 GMT NealBanerjee 2022-01-12T16:06:52Z https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/script-tool-initialization-issues/m-p/1132925#M26103 <P>Hello,</P><P>Over the years I have built many script tools to run in Arc Toolbox within ArcMap.&nbsp; These tools have run fine for years with no issue.&nbsp; Several months ago (or maybe longer) I noticed often when I double-click the script to to open/run, there is a new message that Ive never saw before that says ' Click error and warning icons for more information' (see screenshot below).&nbsp; However, there are no errors or warnings (when I click the yellow ribbon it goes away).&nbsp; What is more problematic, some script tools that have lots of parameters now take extremely long to initialize (i.e. just open the form with the parameters) - sometimes as much as 7+ minutes.&nbsp; Most of these tools do not have any special validation defined (in 'Validation' tab), so not sure why it takes so long.&nbsp;</P><P>Any thoughts/pointers on what may be contributing to this would be greatly appreciated.&nbsp; I am running ArcMap 10.6.1 on Windows 10 (but that hasnt changed for a few years).&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks</P><P>Neal</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="NealBanerjee_0-1642003166378.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/31305i5267EF40BE13EF0C/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="NealBanerjee_0-1642003166378.png" alt="NealBanerjee_0-1642003166378.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:06:52 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/script-tool-initialization-issues/m-p/1132925#M26103 NealBanerjee 2022-01-12T16:06:52Z