# Hookmark does not start

**URL:** https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/hookmark-does-not-start/7187
**Category:** Bug Reports
**Created:** [September 23, 2023, 9:35am UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/hookmark-does-not-start/7187 "2023-09-23T09:35:06Z")
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### Author: ![rainerc](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/user_avatar/discourse.hookproductivity.com/rainerc/32/3025_2.png) [@rainerc](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/rainerc)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/hookmark-does-not-start/7187/7 "2023-09-29T12:48:33Z")

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getting worse as I described here: [Hookmark 5 hangs on "updating info of bookmarked files..."](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/hookmark-5-hangs-on-updating-info-of-bookmarked-files/6213)

Now it takes hours: HookMark active in Acitivity monitor (memory for HookMark up to 160 MB after 6 hours) but I cannot open HookMark as it is still initializing. Even getting to the preference settings in HookMark is not possible as the application is still initializing. No network drives connected, 1772 items in the HookMark “aliases”-folder.

This is so frustrating!

HELP!!!

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