Opening a Word document- Slow when clicking on a Word file, etc.

[Guest]

When I click on a Word document (on my Desktop, for example), it seems to
take a long time for the document to open. Yet if I have Word open and click
on the document it opens instantaneously.

Similarly, when I right click on a document, photo, spreadsheet file, it
takes what seems a long time for the menu (Open, Run as, Send to, Delete,
etc..) to open.

Any ideas why this is happening?

I have a Dell Dimension 8400 with a Pentium 4 - 3.4 MHz with 1 GB or DDR
RAM. I have run AdAware, Webroot's SpySweeper, and have Defragged my Hard
Drive (160 GB) which is largely unused!

Thanks!

 

[Kelly]

Hi Howard,

Try the Word Solution Center and Newsgroups. Good luck!
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;EN-US;FAQS

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the tip-- Can't say I found an answer there. Also, does not
explain why right clicking results in a long time to open with the menu
choices, so I'm not sure it's a Word issue as opposed to an XP issue. By the
way, I have SP2 installed-- it came with my system as a clean install.

Thanks, again

 

[Malke]

Thanks for the tip-- Can't say I found an answer there. Also, does
not explain why right clicking results in a long time to open with the
menu
choices, so I'm not sure it's a Word issue as opposed to an XP issue.
By the way, I have SP2 installed-- it came with my system as a clean
install.

Right-click issues are most often caused by problematic context menu
entries by third-party programs. Use the free ShellExView to disable
all non-MS entries in the context menu. Then enable them one at a time
to determine which one is causing the problem.

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html

Slow right-click and other issues -
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm
Manage the context-menu entries for folders, drives and Namespace
objects - http://windowsxp.mvps.org/context_folders.htm

Malke

 

[Kelly]

If XP related, try line 157:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com