office file browser broken

[Fredrated]

When I take the file>open option for MS Office applications and try to
navigate to an existing office file, the file browser takes 3 to 4 minutes to
display a folder and file list. Then if I click on a drive letter or folder,
it takes another 3 to 4 minutes to display the new list. Nothing seems to be
cached, every click takes this long. Also, it is using a lot of cycles
because other applications hang while the new list is being generated.

Any ideas what is going on, or better, how to stop this behavior?
I think this started after a recent windows update, but I am not sure.

I am using XP service pack 2 and Office XP. Some Office apps are SP2, some
are just the original install version.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Fred

 

[Ronaldo]

It's probably registry corruption, check both links or possible solution.

Slow Opening Office 2k3 Files.
http://www.sadikhov.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php?t108426.html

WORD crashes when trying to OPEN or SAVE
http://www.tech-archive.net/Archive/Office/microsoft.public.office.misc/2007-04/msg00279.html