office program files very slow to open

[Linda in Iowa]

When opening access, excel, and word files by clicking on the file or
shortcut it takes several minutes to open the file. If the office program
is already open and you open the file from the program it opens
instantaneously. This started happening a few days ago. I don't know if
any updates were recently downloaded or what else may have changed.
Computer is using Office professional 2003 on windows XP. If you need other
information I will try to get whatever you need. If I need to post to
another forum please let me know which one.
Thank you.

 

[Bob I]

Is NitroPDF installed on the PC? It has caused some issues.