Some things to try...
1. Empty the Windows Temp folder and the temp folder here... Start | Run | %temp%
2. With Excel closed, delete the ???.xlb file, it is automatically rebuilt when Excel opens.
Note that you will lose all custom changes to the menu/toolbars.
3. Turn off Calculation before opening the files.
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Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA
http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware
(Excel Add-ins / Excel Programming)



"shawshank"
wrote in message
I have an issue opening excel files that are created/used every month. I
create new excel files each month (as I receive new data), and the delay in
opening these files seems to get longer each month. I don't necessarily get
significantly more data with each new file, just updated data. It takes me
upwards of 5-6 minutes (again, this is getting worse every month) to open
these files. Is there a setting I need to update? These files are not huge,
although they do have a number of links to them...but it's not out of control.
version: Excel in Windows XP