{"id":1743,"date":"2024-09-18T05:37:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T05:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neu.koetzingit.de\/langsame-windows-anmeldung-durch-aufgeblaehte-registry\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T13:31:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T13:31:57","slug":"langsame-windows-anmeldung-durch-aufgeblaehte-registry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koetzingit.de\/en\/langsame-windows-anmeldung-durch-aufgeblaehte-registry\/","title":{"rendered":"Slow Windows login due to a bloated registry"},"content":{"rendered":"

E<\/span>There can be many reasons for a slow login, but with newer operating systems, it seems that the bloated registry<\/strong>\u00a0to be popular. This short article describes the the three most common reasons,<\/strong> Why the registry is bloated and, as a result, can significantly slow down the login process. Here is a three-step solution if your registry is bloated.<\/p>\n

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The UFH Start Menu Bug<\/span><\/h3>\n

Description
<\/b>The registry key stores shortcuts from the user's Start menu, but due to a bug, the entries are added again every time the user logs in, causing the key to grow larger and larger. This can quickly result in thousands of entries. However, the entire registry key is also read every time the user logs in, which takes increasingly longer\u2014sometimes up to several minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This error occurred in Windows\u00a02008 R2<\/strong>\u00a0is well-known and continues to exist with\u00a0Windows Server 2016 and 2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Solution
<\/b>To resolve the issue, delete the entire key via Group Policy at each login and also exclude the key using Citrix UPM.<\/p>\n

References<\/strong><\/p>\n