Since a few weeks CE 2017.0 takes up to an hour to start up. Before that it was fine. However, this week it won't start at all. It hangs on the blue CE screen with 20% cpu load and always between 35 and 40 MB of RAM. I have an advanced single use license and meet all the hardware requirements (i7-6820HK, gtx 1070, 32Gb ram). I reinstalled CE and also tried version 2016.1, but the same issue arises. I found this thread https://community.esri.com/thread/60251 and tried the -Dagol solution in the ini.file, but it did not work for me. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Michel.
I have the same problem.
There are known cases where slow Startup of CityEngine is related to the license service.
The upcoming release of CityEngine 2017.1 contains a fix. You can apply for a Beta version here:
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Update: The dev team fixed another problem that can cause slow startup of CityEngine 2017.0 and earlier.
Unfortunately this new fix is not included in the CityEngine 2017.1 Beta build.