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cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)
On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 20:33:02 -0800, nursing major needs help
When Word bad-exits, it leaves behind tempfiles that were created as
part of the editing process, and these populate the "recovered" list.
In Word, find where these are held via Tools, Options, File Locations
tab, Auto-recover files. See also where Templates and shared
(Workgroup) templates are held. Close Word.
Copy out all contents of the "auto-recover" location and delete them.
Test; if OK, all is well - else, do the same for NORMAL.DOT from the
template locations. If that is what makes a difference, suspect
malware or buggy macros within the Normal.dot
There's one other cause of "MS Office files open slowly"; if you have
installed OpenOffice and allowed that to associate Office document
file types, it will have this effect. Break the association, and it
will speed up again. This is true with Open Office 1.x; I haven't
re-tested it in Open Office 2.x as it may have been fixed there.
Also, if you haven't already; check file system and HD surface for
errors, clear any indexes that may have been build up,and clear your
MRU lists (e.g. Start, Control Panel, Taskbar, Start Menu,
Customize... and click the Clear button. If you work directly off
slow devices (1.44M, USB flash, missing CDs, LAN links) then those
MRUs can slow down operations in MS Office etc. too.
When Word bad-exits, it leaves behind tempfiles that were created as
part of the editing process, and these populate the "recovered" list.
In Word, find where these are held via Tools, Options, File Locations
tab, Auto-recover files. See also where Templates and shared
(Workgroup) templates are held. Close Word.
Copy out all contents of the "auto-recover" location and delete them.
Test; if OK, all is well - else, do the same for NORMAL.DOT from the
template locations. If that is what makes a difference, suspect
malware or buggy macros within the Normal.dot
There's one other cause of "MS Office files open slowly"; if you have
installed OpenOffice and allowed that to associate Office document
file types, it will have this effect. Break the association, and it
will speed up again. This is true with Open Office 1.x; I haven't
re-tested it in Open Office 2.x as it may have been fixed there.
Also, if you haven't already; check file system and HD surface for
errors, clear any indexes that may have been build up,and clear your
MRU lists (e.g. Start, Control Panel, Taskbar, Start Menu,
Customize... and click the Clear button. If you work directly off
slow devices (1.44M, USB flash, missing CDs, LAN links) then those
MRUs can slow down operations in MS Office etc. too.
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