You can find some reasons for slow open and close at
http://www.decisionmodels.com/optspeedd.htm#OpSave
and also at David McRitchie's site
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/slowresp.htm
Charles
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"Johnnie" wrote in message
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When I click my excel icon the hour glass just sits there for a long time
before the spreadsheet opens. It didn't do that before.