Why is my "Save in" drop down menu so slow to respond?

[GHN]

When I try to change directories to save a document in Word, Excel, or
Access, it takes 25 to 30 seconds for the drop down menu that shows me the
available folders to appear. If I click on a folder, it takes another 25 to
30 seconds to open that folder. If I should change my mind again to select a
different folder, it could take me as much as 1 1/2 minutes to save a file.
Yesterday, when I was saving a file to two different folders, it took me
about 3 minutes.

My office applications did not always behave this way.

None of my other applications suffer from this problem.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Right-click on the My Computer icon on the Windows desktop,
left-click on Disconnect Network Drive, and disconnect any mapped
drives that are not currently available.

 

[GHN]

Thank you. It looks like you hit the nail on the head. Someone seems to
have taken a computer off the network but my applications were still looking
for it. Is that what was happening? And only Office apps do this kind of
search?

 

[srtriano]

As with many users, i was having the same problem. Thanks for the "fix". Does
anybody know why this issue only affects MS OFFICE APPS and no other?

 

[Bob I]

Because Office is trying to keep track of where you put files.