Applications open slowly from Windows Explorer

[Guest]

When I double-click a Word document or an Excel spreadsheet, they take
forever to get the application to initialize, and the file displayed.
However, I can open Word/Excel from the Start menu, and each initializes
nearly instantaneously. I can also manually open those same files by use
File->Open in the appropriate application, nearly instantly.

Anyone have any ideas why double-clicking the file from a windows explorer
window/desktop is taking so long?

I'm running Windows XP (Media Center) and Office 2003.

 

[Ronaldo]

It's probably a Windows Explorer problem... go to kelly's korner website and
download the file from the right panel of line 157, then right click on it
and select "combine" to correct the probable error in the Windows Explorer
registry key.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/wia.reg

 

[Guest]

Ronaldo, thanks for the assist.

Turns out that I only used one of the Registry edits in the registry file
you referenced:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"NoNetCrawling"=dword:00000001

I only changed the value of this key, rebooted, and like magic, the problem
has disappeared.

 

[Ronaldo]

You're welcome... Glad to help.

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Ronaldo, thanks for the assist.

Turns out that I only used one of the Registry edits in the registry file
you referenced:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanc
ed]
"NoNetCrawling"=dword:00000001

I only changed the value of this key, rebooted, and like magic, the problem
has disappeared.

It's probably a Windows Explorer problem... go to kelly's korner website and
download the file from the right panel of line 157, then right click on it
and select "combine" to correct the probable error in the Windows Explorer
registry key.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/wia.reg