Office Shortcuts -- Slow To Start

When I launch Excel or Word from a shortcut it takes forever to bring up the
program (60 to 90 sec). If I launch either program and then open the
document their is no delay. I have reinstalled Office, but it did not help.
I am running Office 2K on an XP (SP2) machine with 2GB of memory.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

- IC

If you are using Norton ANti Virus, disable the Office Plug-in in option
under Preferences in NAV.

--
Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP

"IC_Clearly" <icclearly@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:O0zAZe4oHHA.588@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> When I launch Excel or Word from a shortcut it takes forever to bring up
> the
> program (60 to 90 sec). If I launch either program and then open the
> document their is no delay. I have reinstalled Office, but it did not
> help.
> I am running Office 2K on an XP (SP2) machine with 2GB of memory.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks.
>
> - IC
>
>

Terry,

Thanks for getting back. I don't have Norton installed on the machine. In
fact, I don't believe it has ever been on the machine. I also did a system
resotre back to a time that I "thought" the problem may not have existed,
but that did not help either.

Any other ideas?

Thanks.

--
IC


"Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell@msn.com> wrote in message
news:2296E9EE-C137-4A41-A7C3-7307352409A2@microsoft.com...
> If you are using Norton ANti Virus, disable the Office Plug-in in option
> under Preferences in NAV.
>
> --
> Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP
>
> "IC_Clearly" <icclearly@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:O0zAZe4oHHA.588@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > When I launch Excel or Word from a shortcut it takes forever to bring up
> > the
> > program (60 to 90 sec). If I launch either program and then open the
> > document their is no delay. I have reinstalled Office, but it did not
> > help.
> > I am running Office 2K on an XP (SP2) machine with 2GB of memory.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > - IC
> >
> >
>

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors...OpeningWord.htm for more help.

--
Terry


"IC_Clearly" <icclearly@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:u0FFPc6oHHA.3892@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Terry,
>
> Thanks for getting back. I don't have Norton installed on the machine.
> In
> fact, I don't believe it has ever been on the machine. I also did a
> system
> resotre back to a time that I "thought" the problem may not have existed,
> but that did not help either.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> IC
>
>
> "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:2296E9EE-C137-4A41-A7C3-7307352409A2@microsoft.com...
>> If you are using Norton ANti Virus, disable the Office Plug-in in option
>> under Preferences in NAV.
>>
>> --
>> Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP
>>
>> "IC_Clearly" <icclearly@mindspring.com> wrote in message
>> news:O0zAZe4oHHA.588@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> > When I launch Excel or Word from a shortcut it takes forever to bring
>> > up
>> > the
>> > program (60 to 90 sec). If I launch either program and then open the
>> > document their is no delay. I have reinstalled Office, but it did not
>> > help.
>> > I am running Office 2K on an XP (SP2) machine with 2GB of memory.
>> >
>> > Any ideas?
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> > - IC
>> >
>> >
>>
>
>

Are you talking a Shortcut to the Office program OR do you actually mean
a shortcut to an Excel spreadsheet or Word document?

IC_Clearly wrote:

> When I launch Excel or Word from a shortcut it takes forever to bring up the
> program (60 to 90 sec). If I launch either program and then open the
> document their is no delay. I have reinstalled Office, but it did not help.
> I am running Office 2K on an XP (SP2) machine with 2GB of memory.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks.
>
> - IC
>
>

Actually, it is either the shortcut or the worksheet (or document in the
case of Word). If I click directly on either, it is slow as molasses. But,
if I open Excel first (no delay there) and then go to File | Open it works
great -- no delay at all.

Hmmmm....

--
IC


"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:%23FZ16D8oHHA.716@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Are you talking a Shortcut to the Office program OR do you actually mean
> a shortcut to an Excel spreadsheet or Word document?
>
> IC_Clearly wrote:
>
> > When I launch Excel or Word from a shortcut it takes forever to bring up
the
> > program (60 to 90 sec). If I launch either program and then open the
> > document their is no delay. I have reinstalled Office, but it did not
help.
> > I am running Office 2K on an XP (SP2) machine with 2GB of memory.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > - IC
> >
> >
>

Hi Terry...You done good!!! Actually, reregistering solved the problem per
the FAQ. I reregistered Word and took care of Excel as well.

Thanks much!

--
IC



"Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell@msn.com> wrote in message
news:75E0F2F8-EEF8-4845-977A-6E3255819830@microsoft.com...
> See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors...OpeningWord.htm for more
help.
>
> --
> Terry
>
>
> "IC_Clearly" <icclearly@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:u0FFPc6oHHA.3892@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > Terry,
> >
> > Thanks for getting back. I don't have Norton installed on the machine.
> > In
> > fact, I don't believe it has ever been on the machine. I also did a
> > system
> > resotre back to a time that I "thought" the problem may not have
existed,
> > but that did not help either.
> >
> > Any other ideas?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > --
> > IC
> >
> >
> > "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell@msn.com> wrote in message
> > news:2296E9EE-C137-4A41-A7C3-7307352409A2@microsoft.com...
> >> If you are using Norton ANti Virus, disable the Office Plug-in in
option
> >> under Preferences in NAV.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP
> >>
> >> "IC_Clearly" <icclearly@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> >> news:O0zAZe4oHHA.588@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> >> > When I launch Excel or Word from a shortcut it takes forever to bring
> >> > up
> >> > the
> >> > program (60 to 90 sec). If I launch either program and then open the
> >> > document their is no delay. I have reinstalled Office, but it did
not
> >> > help.
> >> > I am running Office 2K on an XP (SP2) machine with 2GB of memory.
> >> >
> >> > Any ideas?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks.
> >> >
> >> > - IC
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
>