topic Re: Delay in starting stand-alone python scripts in Transportation Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/transportation-questions/delay-in-starting-stand-alone-python-scripts/m-p/471728#M1606 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Original User: mzcoyle</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Have you tried it on a different computer? Or a complete uninstall and reinstall of ArcGIS and Python? That is definitely not typical behaviour.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:41:01 GMT Anonymous User 2013-10-01T12:41:01Z Delay in starting stand-alone python scripts https://community.esri.com/t5/transportation-questions/delay-in-starting-stand-alone-python-scripts/m-p/471727#M1605 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Greetings All</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I've noticed that running stand-alone python scripts using the IDLE or PyScripter seems to take forever to initialise. It's quite obvious that the import arcpy statement is what's causing it as I tried basic variable math without the import and the script processing is instantaneous!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm running 10.1 on a 64bit Win7 and even I tried checking out a licence in the hope that it would speed it up, but that doesn't make a difference.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I included a simple print time before &amp; after the import arcpy line and found that it took minutes to move past the import line.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Now, it could be related to the fact that ArcGIS itself takes </SPAN><STRONG>many minutes</STRONG><SPAN> to initialise its licence and start.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This is quite frustrating...especially when I'm writing &amp; testing code...</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I've included screenshots of the Python paths....is it something there?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any thoughts?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Thanks in advance</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 01 Oct 2013 00:48:01 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/transportation-questions/delay-in-starting-stand-alone-python-scripts/m-p/471727#M1605 DustinEdge 2013-10-01T00:48:01Z Re: Delay in starting stand-alone python scripts https://community.esri.com/t5/transportation-questions/delay-in-starting-stand-alone-python-scripts/m-p/471728#M1606 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Original User: mzcoyle</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Have you tried it on a different computer? Or a complete uninstall and reinstall of ArcGIS and Python? That is definitely not typical behaviour.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:41:01 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/transportation-questions/delay-in-starting-stand-alone-python-scripts/m-p/471728#M1606 Anonymous User 2013-10-01T12:41:01Z