# Designer freezes for ~3Min when attempting tag import/export

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-freezes-for-3min-when-attempting-tag-import-export/54519>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [December 29, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-freezes-for-3min-when-attempting-tag-import-export/54519 "2021-12-29T15:54:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jacob\_Sanchez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@Jacob\_Sanchez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jacob_Sanchez)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-freezes-for-3min-when-attempting-tag-import-export/54519/1 "2021-12-29T15:54:47Z")

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Ignition 8.0.9

When right clicking on a tag in the tag explorer, and selecting either Import or Export, designer becomes unresponsive for approx 3-5 minutes after which the browse window appears. If i attempt to navigate to another folder using the drop down box i get the same delay again.

I have tried disabling all non microsoft shell extensions which didn’t help.

This behavior does not exist on another computer i tried to replicate it on.

Is there a log or some debug functionality so that i can hopefully figure out what is hanging up?

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-freezes-for-3min-when-attempting-tag-import-export/54519/2 "2021-12-29T18:11:40Z")

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Do you have a broken drive letter mapping for a network drive?

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**Author:** ![Jacob\_Sanchez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@Jacob\_Sanchez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jacob_Sanchez)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-freezes-for-3min-when-attempting-tag-import-export/54519/3 "2021-12-29T18:15:33Z")

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I certainly do (did). Removed it and all is well. Thank You!