Same issue here.
Macrium Reflect loads and shows all disks and disk status in 2-3 minutes. Ready to go. Ready to work.

45 minutes later, I’m still waiting for Paragon Hard Disk Manager 17 Advanced to OPEN...
Just. Open. Let alone be ready to work on drives.
Totally unacceptable.

i9 Intel machine, windows 10 Prp x64:

CPU:
Intel Core i9-10920X, Cascade Lake, 12-Core, 3.20GHz, LGA 2066, 165W

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 SSO2 D-Type Premium CPU Cooler w/2 Fans

Installed RAM: 64GB Kinston HyperX Predator DDR4 3200MHz, 4x16GB

OS: 64-bit Windows 10 Pro

OS Drive: Samsung 1TB 970 EVO Plus M.2
Drum Sample Drive: Samsung 2TB 970 EVO Plus M.2
Audio Drive: Samsung 2TB 860 EVO 2.5" SSD
Backup Audio Drive: Western Digital 1 TB 7200 RPM
Storage Drives: (2) Seagate 2 TB 7200 RPM
Back-Up Utility Drive: Seagate 1 TB 7200 RPM
Back-Up Drive: WD Black 4TB

Graphics Card: ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX570 DirectX 12 Dual DVI
ROG-STRIX-RX570-08G-Gaming 8GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 HDCP Ready

EVGA Super Nova 1000W Power Supply

Aurora 16: driver: 2.0 build 24, Firmware Version: 31
AES16e PCI card: Firmware Version: 14.10