Add your npm directories to the virus file exclusion lists of Windows Defender. Note that some of the directories may not be obvious (those under AppData for ex

Add your npm directories to the virus file exclusion lists of Windows Defender. Note that some of the directories may not be obvious (those under AppData for example). The speed improvements are massive for tools like these that touch lots of small files. Also take a look at this talk on NTFS, file system speed, and how the presenter optimized the Rust installer: https://youtu.be/qbKGw8MQ0i8 https://youtu.be/qbKGw8MQ0i8 . There is an awful lot that can be done to tools that deal with lots of files to perform well under Windows too.