A
Allyson.Short
Running XP SP2, Office 2002 SP3
If I open Excel or Word directly, they open almost instantaneously.
However, if I open one of them by double-clicking on an existing
document, there's a long pause before they appears, then another long
pause before the document is loaded into the program.
I've verified that it's not a problem with the documents I'm opening:
I've opened excel directly (super speedy), typed 123 into the first
cell, then saved that document. Closed excel, tried double-clicking on
that document, and it takes about 5 seconds for excel to display, then
another 5-10 seconds before the document is loaded.
During these pauses, CPU utilization is near zero.
Files I'm testing on are all local.
I tried removing all printers (Saw a KB article about remote printers
possibly causing probs with document opens).
I checked the filetype registration for .xls files, and it's correctly
pointing at excel and using ddl to open the file.
I'm out of ideas as to what could be happening. I assume it's not a
default template issue, or corruption issue, because the apps start up
instantaneously when I start them directly.
Any ideas on what Office is waiting for/checking on? (Or what could be
getting in it's way?)
-Allyson
If I open Excel or Word directly, they open almost instantaneously.
However, if I open one of them by double-clicking on an existing
document, there's a long pause before they appears, then another long
pause before the document is loaded into the program.
I've verified that it's not a problem with the documents I'm opening:
I've opened excel directly (super speedy), typed 123 into the first
cell, then saved that document. Closed excel, tried double-clicking on
that document, and it takes about 5 seconds for excel to display, then
another 5-10 seconds before the document is loaded.
During these pauses, CPU utilization is near zero.
Files I'm testing on are all local.
I tried removing all printers (Saw a KB article about remote printers
possibly causing probs with document opens).
I checked the filetype registration for .xls files, and it's correctly
pointing at excel and using ddl to open the file.
I'm out of ideas as to what could be happening. I assume it's not a
default template issue, or corruption issue, because the apps start up
instantaneously when I start them directly.
Any ideas on what Office is waiting for/checking on? (Or what could be
getting in it's way?)
-Allyson