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From: louise898 on 26 Mar 2010 10:29
Hi there,

I am currently having a problem with very slow opening of Word files from
within My Documents, which started a few weeks ago.

When I double click on the file icon in a folder, there is a delay of about
1-2 minutes before anything happens. Eventually Word opens (with a blank
screen), and after another minute the file loads. During this time it seems
like nothing is going on (no sound of the hard drive whirring or anything),
and if you try to do anything else within My Documents you get a "not
responding" message.

The same file opens fine (instantaneously) if you choose File Open from
within Word itself, so it seems to be more of a My Documents problem than
Word itself.

Does anyone have any ideas/advice?

I am running XP (Service Pack 3), and Office 2003 Professional. My PC is
standalone (ie no network drives attached). I have run antivirus and spyware
programs, and nothing has come up. I have also tried Detect and Repair
within Office, and have reinstalled Office, but the problem is still there.

I see from a web search people sometimes suggest altering DDE settings
within Word (not sure what that means!), but with mixed results, so I'm
reluctant to try that without further advice!

Any help appreciated!

Louise
From: "db" databaseben at hotmail dot on 26 Mar 2010 12:11
it might simply be the
anti virals slowing down
the execution of word.

you might try to first
run/open word

then see if the file opens
via the open command
from the menu bar.

then try another method
by first opening word

then click and drag
a word file into word.

the above are not
fixes but may prove
helpful.

let us know.

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"louise898" <louise898(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1DD8784E-A386-454D-94B4-5638AC096529(a)microsoft.com...
> Hi there,
>
> I am currently having a problem with very slow opening of Word files from
> within My Documents, which started a few weeks ago.
>
> When I double click on the file icon in a folder, there is a delay of about
> 1-2 minutes before anything happens. Eventually Word opens (with a blank
> screen), and after another minute the file loads. During this time it seems
> like nothing is going on (no sound of the hard drive whirring or anything),
> and if you try to do anything else within My Documents you get a "not
> responding" message.
>
> The same file opens fine (instantaneously) if you choose File Open from
> within Word itself, so it seems to be more of a My Documents problem than
> Word itself.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas/advice?
>
> I am running XP (Service Pack 3), and Office 2003 Professional. My PC is
> standalone (ie no network drives attached). I have run antivirus and spyware
> programs, and nothing has come up. I have also tried Detect and Repair
> within Office, and have reinstalled Office, but the problem is still there.
>
> I see from a web search people sometimes suggest altering DDE settings
> within Word (not sure what that means!), but with mixed results, so I'm
> reluctant to try that without further advice!
>
> Any help appreciated!
>
> Louise

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