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John Hanley
Hello. This is a rephrase of a post I recently made about this problem
since I still have the issue. In this post, I am distinguishing between
opening the *program* on one hand, and opening a *file* created with the
program on the other hand.
I am running Office 2007 for Home & Student under Vista.
- When I open an Office *Program* (like Word) from the Start Menu or the
Quick Start bar, it opens in a fast 1-2 seconds; opening a *File*
from the Office Button is another fast 1-2 seconds.
- However, when I open the same Word *File* from the Desktop, or from the
Recent Items list, or from a folder, it opens in a very slow 7-8 seconds;
the first 5 seconds of which time is 'dead time' before the Word window even
appears.
My recollection is that these files once opened very quickly from the
desktop and the slow down is fairly recent.
Any thoughts on what may be causing this *file* opening slowdown?
Other data:
- I have 2 GB Ram
- Other *files* open from the desktop in 1-2 seconds; the slow behavior is
only with Office generated files [e.g. Windows Movie Maker *file* opens very
quickly]
- I do use indexing, but always have.
- Have tested with and without my avast A/V and no difference.
- I am not on a network.
- One thing that has changed for me lately is the addition of a graphics
tablet; however, Word/Excel is slow even with the USB tablet unplugged.
- I have run Office Diagnostics (someone suggested) but made no difference.
- the Word files are .docx, but have found that .doc is also slow from the
desktop.
- Someone asked if I have the Office Startup Assistant (osa.exe) in place; I
have not been able to find such a file and not sure if it matters anyway.
So, if anyone has further thoughts, would appreciate, thanks!
John
since I still have the issue. In this post, I am distinguishing between
opening the *program* on one hand, and opening a *file* created with the
program on the other hand.
I am running Office 2007 for Home & Student under Vista.
- When I open an Office *Program* (like Word) from the Start Menu or the
Quick Start bar, it opens in a fast 1-2 seconds; opening a *File*
from the Office Button is another fast 1-2 seconds.
- However, when I open the same Word *File* from the Desktop, or from the
Recent Items list, or from a folder, it opens in a very slow 7-8 seconds;
the first 5 seconds of which time is 'dead time' before the Word window even
appears.
My recollection is that these files once opened very quickly from the
desktop and the slow down is fairly recent.
Any thoughts on what may be causing this *file* opening slowdown?
Other data:
- I have 2 GB Ram
- Other *files* open from the desktop in 1-2 seconds; the slow behavior is
only with Office generated files [e.g. Windows Movie Maker *file* opens very
quickly]
- I do use indexing, but always have.
- Have tested with and without my avast A/V and no difference.
- I am not on a network.
- One thing that has changed for me lately is the addition of a graphics
tablet; however, Word/Excel is slow even with the USB tablet unplugged.
- I have run Office Diagnostics (someone suggested) but made no difference.
- the Word files are .docx, but have found that .doc is also slow from the
desktop.
- Someone asked if I have the Office Startup Assistant (osa.exe) in place; I
have not been able to find such a file and not sure if it matters anyway.
So, if anyone has further thoughts, would appreciate, thanks!
John