From a4a7c44bd337cdda534ad879c516d5b33e25a893 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sergey M <dstftw@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 15:04:51 +0600
Subject: [PATCH] [README.md] Document solution for extremely slow start on
 Windows

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 README.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 00f42e056..ef0e265c8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -693,6 +693,10 @@ ### How do I update youtube-dl?
 
 Again, from then on you'll be able to update with `sudo youtube-dl -U`.
 
+### youtube-dl is extremely slow to start on Windows
+
+Add a file exclusion for `youtube-dl.exe` in Windows Defender settings.
+
 ### I'm getting an error `Unable to extract OpenGraph title` on YouTube playlists
 
 YouTube changed their playlist format in March 2014 and later on, so you'll need at least youtube-dl 2014.07.25 to download all YouTube videos.