SLOW Access to folders

[clemlau]

Any file access that happens with a MS Office product (word, excel,
ppt), literally takes at least 45 seconds. So if I try to open file,
by clicking open,
then click on a drive (c,
then click in a folder
then click on a subfolder

each click takes at least 45 seconds before anything is displayed.
This happens on local drives and network drives. basically it happens
anytime i try to navigate my folders in an MS Office application.

Explorer works the way it should. No problems. I can even double
click on a word or excel file and it will open instantaneously.

This started two weeks ago and I have no idea how. One of my co
workers is experiencing the same thing.

Does anybody have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

 

[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.

 

[stressmonkey]

So, this doesn't actually fix the problem, does it? It just gets around the
problem, right?

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Call it what you want.

So, this doesn't actually fix the problem, does it? It just gets around the
problem, right?

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