In my case, there have been a lot of issues due to the large number of files. So in attempt to resolve that, I have had to go through the process dozens of times (including crashes, etc.). But after its resolved, it is less of a problem. The major problem is the project is to be worked on by multiple people and some of them may be turned off by this.
Yes, I have a VBA program that can write the full path of filenames to a text file. So I would be interested in your script. That may be the best solution if it is quick.
I disabled the code completion plugin, but it did not help. I tried to disable the plugins one-by-one, but it crashed about half way through. Then I removed the plugins from the plugins folder, but could not start a project to test it. Do you know what the minimum required plugins are required to start a project?