Performance problems in desktop 10.3.1?

[DennisMurphy]

I am experiencing performance delays in 10.3.1 - on the simplest tasks.

Loading basic tools will take minutes, with a message of "Not Responding" displayed.

Any other reports of this issue with Desktop release?

[curtvprice]

Whenever I do an upgrade, I always take the time to  Resetting your ArcGIS application profile​. Have you?

[DennisMurphy]

Thanks for the suggestion.

I reset my application profile; Desktop Arcmap still is sluggish and I get

the message "Not responding"

[DennisMurphy]

Looks like the problem source is a corrupt mxd file.

[curtvprice]

Mxd files can get really large, slow and fragmented over time and make ArcGIS Desktop dog-slow.

Ginormous .mxd file size on ArcGIS 10 Desktop​

ArcMap 10 mxd bloat:  why might this be happening?​

Using the Document Defragmenter utility—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop

[LukeSnyder]

I've just finally upgraded to 10.3.1...... and am experiencing very sluggish performance with creating, selecting, and editing all features. I've run the defrag utility with no benefit.

I was running 10.2 last Friday (Nov. 6, 2015) with zero issues.

Have you found a solution?

[curtvprice]

Whenever I update I reset my profile, and often try to work with a fresh MXD if I can.

[LukeSnyder]

Thanks Curtis. I did create a new MXD as I continued to troubleshoot. Worked perfectly...except when adding Group Layers. I can duplicate 5 data layers and continue to function perfectly. If I put those same 5 layers in a Group Layer, performance becomes extremely sluggish again with/without the layers being displayed.