Very slow opening of Word files in My Documents

[louise898]

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

 

[db]

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" wrote in message news:1DD8784E-A386-454D-94B4-5638AC096529@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