Apps that start other apps a problem

[Pierre Carlson]

I just recently started having a problem with applications and links
that start other applications. For example, opening a Word or PDF
attachment from an email causes the email application to freeze and the
other application takes a long time to start. The same thing happens
when clicking on http links in Word documents or instant messages. The
application that contains the link freezes and the other application
starts very slowly. If I am patient and wait 2 -3 minutes, the other
app will be opened correctly and the original app will return to normal.
Starting an application via a shortcut works normally (i.e. starting
Word from the Word shortcut works fine.) Double clicking on a .doc file
exhibits the slow startup problem.

Ideas?

Pierre

 

[Guest]

most of the time, if you pre-launch the child software, the links will engage
quicker than allowing the system to open them automatically..... Could be
simply that you are low in resources or have a slow pc, if compared to a
pentium4 or something....

 

[Pierre Carlson]

It does not appear to be a processing power issue. The machine is < 2
months old with a dual core processor. There is not a spike in CPU or
disk activity either. Also, having the applications (browser or Word)
already opened and active not provide any noticeable improvement. It
seems as if a process is waiting, timing out, and then continuing along.
It is always a 2 or 3 minute wait.