FileSelectPopup loading very slowly and displaying too many filetypes.

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So this is something I've noticed recently on two Windows 7 Machines - when using FileSelectPopup, the first time I call for a FileSelectPopup, there's a good 2-3 second delay before the window pops up. Subsequent calls are much faster, but still on the order of 700ms-1s. Is there a way for me to reduce this time? I'd even be happy if I could make it so that the first call to FileSelectPopup were a bit faster. I'm guessing that since there's a change in the delay, that the first time it's called loads some kind of module that takes a bit to load - can I preload this module during startup?
The other problem I'm having with FileSelectPopup is that if I call it with the filetypes parameter set to "*.tdms", it will show me files with the extension .tdms, but also with the extension .tdms_index. This is quite annoying, as every single tdms file generates a tdms_index file as well, so it cuts in half the number of files I can display in a single panel. Is there a way to enforce that the ending is EXACTLY .tmds?
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Paul,
I may have told you information that is not completely correct. So let me correct myself. The issue that you have described actually known issue 247402 that was fixed  in CVI 2010. You can read about it in the CVI 2009 Known Issues List. The issue I linked previously is actually a separate, but similar, issue and the description may have been a bit misleading. I am going to correct this wording, but keep in mind that this was actually fixed in 2010 SP1. I would recommend using CVI 2010 SP1 Run-Time Engine in order to have the fix for both bugs.
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