If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Very slow file opening from My Documents
Hi there,
I am currently having a problem with very slow opening of Word files from within My Documents, which started a few weeks ago. When I double click on the file icon in a folder, there is a delay of about 1-2 minutes before anything happens. Eventually Word opens (with a blank screen), and after another minute the file loads. During this time it seems like nothing is going on (no sound of the hard drive whirring or anything), and if you try to do anything else within My Documents you get a "not responding" message. The same file opens fine (instantaneously) if you choose File Open from within Word itself, so it seems to be more of a My Documents problem than Word itself. Does anyone have any ideas/advice? I am running XP (Service Pack 3), and Office 2003 Professional. My PC is standalone (ie no network drives attached). I have run antivirus and spyware programs, and nothing has come up. I have also tried Detect and Repair within Office, and have reinstalled Office, but the problem is still there. I see from a web search people sometimes suggest altering DDE settings within Word (not sure what that means!), but with mixed results, so I'm reluctant to try that without further advice! Any help appreciated! Louise |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Very slow file opening from My Documents
Hi Louise898, this Could be a problem of your computer being slow and backed
up with files. Try Disk cleanup and Disk Defragment and let these run overnight and what these programs will do is help your system run faster and more efficient. This website will help you with these steps. http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/maintenance/speed.aspx Pnoahjones "louise898" wrote: Hi there, I am currently having a problem with very slow opening of Word files from within My Documents, which started a few weeks ago. When I double click on the file icon in a folder, there is a delay of about 1-2 minutes before anything happens. Eventually Word opens (with a blank screen), and after another minute the file loads. During this time it seems like nothing is going on (no sound of the hard drive whirring or anything), and if you try to do anything else within My Documents you get a "not responding" message. The same file opens fine (instantaneously) if you choose File Open from within Word itself, so it seems to be more of a My Documents problem than Word itself. Does anyone have any ideas/advice? I am running XP (Service Pack 3), and Office 2003 Professional. My PC is standalone (ie no network drives attached). I have run antivirus and spyware programs, and nothing has come up. I have also tried Detect and Repair within Office, and have reinstalled Office, but the problem is still there. I see from a web search people sometimes suggest altering DDE settings within Word (not sure what that means!), but with mixed results, so I'm reluctant to try that without further advice! Any help appreciated! Louise |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|