# Improve performance in Windows 11

**URL:** <https://community.localwp.com/t/improve-performance-in-windows-11/52463>\
**Category:** Workflow\
**Tags:** windows, performance\
**Created:** [August 5, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/improve-performance-in-windows-11/52463 "2026-08-05T12:23:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jpegtobbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jpegtobbe](https://community.localwp.com/u/jpegtobbe)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/improve-performance-in-windows-11/52463/1 "2026-08-05T12:23:46Z")

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This is a tip if you run Local under Windows 11. Since a while back we are able to create a “Dev drive”. The point of that is so that Windows Defender not directly scan all files all the time and therefore improves access time in Local.

I mounted my new volume in a folder named “Local files” so that all the site data is in the new performace volume.

You can read more here: [Set up a Dev Drive on Windows 11 | Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dev-drive/)

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**Author:** ![Nick-B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nick-b/32/16140_2.png) [@Nick-B](https://community.localwp.com/u/Nick-B)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/improve-performance-in-windows-11/52463/2 "2026-08-05T20:31:18Z")

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Thank you for sharing this @jpegtobbe!