Micko

No problem, glad it worked for you and I could help. I believe it's something wrong with Acronis, scanning on files or folders even though they are excluded. As far as I know, it's mal- and ransomware not being scanned anymore. Have a good time, stay safe Mick

I had this problem with scenery loading stuck at 5% when I installed Germany North / South. It didn't take forever but about 2 mins until it went on. I came across advice to disable Acronis active protection. That did the job for me, P3D v5 loads with all the regions (no true earth) activated within 60 secs. On the Acronis website is recommended to use the tool Autoruns, you can download it from the Microsoft website. Hope it helps

Any Acronis software on your pc running?