Office startup engine

[Jon Lie]

I'm running Office 2003 Pro on XP Pro sp2. Before, when I had office 2002 (xp) installed, there used to be an entry in my startup folder called something like "Microsoft office startup". Now, with office 2003, there is no such entry. I seem to recall that this made my office programs startup faster. Am I missing something here? Is there an option to put something like this in my startup folder for office 2003 Pro?

 

[Chris Schatte]

Jon Lie,
Does this assistance article apply:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010591561033.aspx

Chris Schatte

use the Office Online web based newsreader here:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
In Office System 2003 applications:
Help/Assistance Pane/open Communities

 

[Jon Lie]

No, not really what I was after. I already have this shotcuts installed. The problem is that spesifically Word and Outlook takes a rather long time to open, and I was wondering if it was possible to speed them up a bit by installing a kind of "office startup engine" As was an option in office XP, if I remember rigth

 

[Chris Schatte]

Jon Lie,
Have a look here:
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=822573
if your question is about the shortcut bar included in previous versions of
Office.

Chris Schatte

use the Office Online web based newsreader here:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
In Office System 2003 applications:
Help/Assistance Pane/open Communities

 

[Mike Hall]

In some newsgroups, computer users complain about items in start-up, slow to
start, etc etc.. questions like 'how do I disable everything in start-up?',
'where is the config thingy that stops everything starting up?'..

MS Office users are obviously a different breed.. 'what happened to the
Office Toolbar?', and now 'where is the MSOffice start-up entry?'..

Well folks, the truth is that they used up resources that Win 98 so
desperately required and most hated them for it.. now they are gone, and may
they rest in peace..

Re the apps opening slowly, the OP may not have enough memory installed..
512mb good, anything less not so good

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/user







No, not really what I was after. I already have this shotcuts installed. The
problem is that spesifically Word and Outlook takes a rather long time to
open, and I was wondering if it was possible to speed them up a bit by
installing a kind of "office startup engine" As was an option in office XP,
if I remember rigth

 

[garfield-n-odie]

See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=826318 "Frequently asked
questions about the Office Startup Assistant in Office 2003".

 

[Jon Lie]

Thank you everyone who has answered. Making a shortcut of osa.exe in the startup folder did the trick!