Amarok slow to startup

Hi all,
I am running amarok 2.3.1 on kde 4.4.4 and have been having various problems 
over the last 3/4 months.
Amarok stopped working after some world updates and the only way I could get it 
to run was to delete the amarok folder in .kde4 and then restart amarok.  This 
works but of course I have lost all of the history, album covers,scores etc. 
but at least I can listen to my music again.  However, on startup I get the 
splash screen immediately but the main screen takes 1min 14 secs to appear.
Any ideas?
Paul
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