Compiler in Windows 7 takes very long to compile

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. open any program
2. click "verify" or "upload"

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

I'd expect to see the compiler finish in a matter of seconds. Instead, 
compiling and uploading takes 5 minutes or more.

What version of the Arduino software are you using? On what operating
system?  Which Arduino board are you using?

version 1.0.1

Windows 7, 64 bit system

Programming Baby-Orangutan from pololu with modified boards and programmer .txt 
file

Please provide any additional information below.

The software worked for a while, then suddenly (as far as I can tell), it's 
been taking outrageously long to compile. Others on the internet have had this 
problem, and no solutions are yet available as far as I can tell from my 
research.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by cjwu...@gmail.com on 28 Oct 2012 at 11:28

dj0tt / arduino

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