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I work with a file that takes me at least 10 minutes to open. It is a large
file with a lot of finctions, however, when the originator opens it, it takes less than 2 minutes. We have the exact same machine (IBM T42). Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks! Mike |
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First thing I'd try is to clean up the windows temp folder.
Close excel windows start button|Run %temp% is a quick way to get there. Mike Milmoe wrote: I work with a file that takes me at least 10 minutes to open. It is a large file with a lot of finctions, however, when the originator opens it, it takes less than 2 minutes. We have the exact same machine (IBM T42). Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks! Mike -- Dave Peterson |
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Mike,
This does not seem as an Excel problem. Your machine can take more time to open certain files due to hardware components (slow CPU, minimum of RAM etc.). Also look ate the task manager to see if there are inutile processes that are running and stop the ones you don't need. This might help. You can ase well defragment the hard drive, clean and compact the registry. FG |
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But they both have the same exact machine--so it shouldn't be a hardware issue.
But maybe it is another process--To the OP...Maybe shutting off the AntiVirus (just temporarily) would be worth testing on the slow pc. "F.G." wrote: Mike, This does not seem as an Excel problem. Your machine can take more time to open certain files due to hardware components (slow CPU, minimum of RAM etc.). Also look ate the task manager to see if there are inutile processes that are running and stop the ones you don't need. This might help. You can ase well defragment the hard drive, clean and compact the registry. FG -- Dave Peterson |
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Dave, Actually I will be surprised if the entry level BM T42 opens fast a large file with multiple formulas. Some of them were shipped initially with only 256 MB of RAM at a very low speed compared to todays' machines. Maybe his friend is a tech guy and added extra 512 RAM (at least), he is disabling the recalculation feature and stopping all the inutile processes. Also it is good to note that sometimes a serie of production is custmized with additional option if requested by the buyre. So maybe they are bothe T42 Architecture but wih different somponents. He got the entry level of T42 and the other was upgraded ... I guess. Regards, FG |
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Where I worked, each pc that was distributed at the same time had the same
hardware configuration and same harddisk image. It made the life of the IT folks much easier--not too bad for the typical user, but irritating for the power user who needed a non-standard configuration. I thought 2 minutes to open a file was pretty slow. To the OP: One more thought. Where is the file located? Any chance that the user with the slow opening workbook is having network problems? "F.G." wrote: Dave, Actually I will be surprised if the entry level BM T42 opens fast a large file with multiple formulas. Some of them were shipped initially with only 256 MB of RAM at a very low speed compared to todays' machines. Maybe his friend is a tech guy and added extra 512 RAM (at least), he is disabling the recalculation feature and stopping all the inutile processes. Also it is good to note that sometimes a serie of production is custmized with additional option if requested by the buyre. So maybe they are bothe T42 Architecture but wih different somponents. He got the entry level of T42 and the other was upgraded ... I guess. Regards, FG -- Dave Peterson |
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Dave,
I noticed your first comment in this thread was to clean up the temp folder. Thought I'd look at mine by your suggested method, running %temp%. My Temp is chockers with Folders....many of them empty, but many not. When you say clean up, do you mean delete all those folders? Is there any risk in doing that? Or should I look at each folder and decide if it can be deleted...which would be difficult! Rob "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... Where I worked, each pc that was distributed at the same time had the same hardware configuration and same harddisk image. It made the life of the IT folks much easier--not too bad for the typical user, but irritating for the power user who needed a non-standard configuration. I thought 2 minutes to open a file was pretty slow. To the OP: One more thought. Where is the file located? Any chance that the user with the slow opening workbook is having network problems? "F.G." wrote: Dave, Actually I will be surprised if the entry level BM T42 opens fast a large file with multiple formulas. Some of them were shipped initially with only 256 MB of RAM at a very low speed compared to todays' machines. Maybe his friend is a tech guy and added extra 512 RAM (at least), he is disabling the recalculation feature and stopping all the inutile processes. Also it is good to note that sometimes a serie of production is custmized with additional option if requested by the buyre. So maybe they are bothe T42 Architecture but wih different somponents. He got the entry level of T42 and the other was upgraded ... I guess. Regards, FG -- Dave Peterson |
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I'd close all running programs and delete everything I could. You may get an
error message that a file/folder cannot be deleted because it's in use. Skip that one and delete the rest. I clean up this folder any time I want. I figure that if a program relies on the temp folder as a permanent location, then that's not a program that's behaving nicely. On the other hand, I have seen some people use that folder to store files they need. If you do this, stop doing this right now. Move your important files to a nice location and delete the rest. (My HP Printer puts files out there each time I turn the pc on--these are always in use and I can't delete them--so I work around it.) RobN wrote: Dave, I noticed your first comment in this thread was to clean up the temp folder. Thought I'd look at mine by your suggested method, running %temp%. My Temp is chockers with Folders....many of them empty, but many not. When you say clean up, do you mean delete all those folders? Is there any risk in doing that? Or should I look at each folder and decide if it can be deleted...which would be difficult! Rob "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... Where I worked, each pc that was distributed at the same time had the same hardware configuration and same harddisk image. It made the life of the IT folks much easier--not too bad for the typical user, but irritating for the power user who needed a non-standard configuration. I thought 2 minutes to open a file was pretty slow. To the OP: One more thought. Where is the file located? Any chance that the user with the slow opening workbook is having network problems? "F.G." wrote: Dave, Actually I will be surprised if the entry level BM T42 opens fast a large file with multiple formulas. Some of them were shipped initially with only 256 MB of RAM at a very low speed compared to todays' machines. Maybe his friend is a tech guy and added extra 512 RAM (at least), he is disabling the recalculation feature and stopping all the inutile processes. Also it is good to note that sometimes a serie of production is custmized with additional option if requested by the buyre. So maybe they are bothe T42 Architecture but wih different somponents. He got the entry level of T42 and the other was upgraded ... I guess. Regards, FG -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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Thanks Dave, I'll give it a go with fingers crossed. I might do a ghost of
the HDD first to be safe! Rob "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... I'd close all running programs and delete everything I could. You may get an error message that a file/folder cannot be deleted because it's in use. Skip that one and delete the rest. I clean up this folder any time I want. I figure that if a program relies on the temp folder as a permanent location, then that's not a program that's behaving nicely. On the other hand, I have seen some people use that folder to store files they need. If you do this, stop doing this right now. Move your important files to a nice location and delete the rest. (My HP Printer puts files out there each time I turn the pc on--these are always in use and I can't delete them--so I work around it.) RobN wrote: Dave, I noticed your first comment in this thread was to clean up the temp folder. Thought I'd look at mine by your suggested method, running %temp%. My Temp is chockers with Folders....many of them empty, but many not. When you say clean up, do you mean delete all those folders? Is there any risk in doing that? Or should I look at each folder and decide if it can be deleted...which would be difficult! Rob "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... Where I worked, each pc that was distributed at the same time had the same hardware configuration and same harddisk image. It made the life of the IT folks much easier--not too bad for the typical user, but irritating for the power user who needed a non-standard configuration. I thought 2 minutes to open a file was pretty slow. To the OP: One more thought. Where is the file located? Any chance that the user with the slow opening workbook is having network problems? "F.G." wrote: Dave, Actually I will be surprised if the entry level BM T42 opens fast a large file with multiple formulas. Some of them were shipped initially with only 256 MB of RAM at a very low speed compared to todays' machines. Maybe his friend is a tech guy and added extra 512 RAM (at least), he is disabling the recalculation feature and stopping all the inutile processes. Also it is good to note that sometimes a serie of production is custmized with additional option if requested by the buyre. So maybe they are bothe T42 Architecture but wih different somponents. He got the entry level of T42 and the other was upgraded ... I guess. Regards, FG -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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When you say clean up, do you mean delete all those folders? Kill all of them. You'll get an error if you attempt to delete a file in use. Anything else is fair game to be wiped out. -- Cordially, Chip Pearson Microsoft MVP - Excel, 10 Years Pearson Software Consulting www.cpearson.com (email on the web site) "RobN" wrote in message ... Dave, I noticed your first comment in this thread was to clean up the temp folder. Thought I'd look at mine by your suggested method, running %temp%. My Temp is chockers with Folders....many of them empty, but many not. When you say clean up, do you mean delete all those folders? Is there any risk in doing that? Or should I look at each folder and decide if it can be deleted...which would be difficult! Rob "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... Where I worked, each pc that was distributed at the same time had the same hardware configuration and same harddisk image. It made the life of the IT folks much easier--not too bad for the typical user, but irritating for the power user who needed a non-standard configuration. I thought 2 minutes to open a file was pretty slow. To the OP: One more thought. Where is the file located? Any chance that the user with the slow opening workbook is having network problems? "F.G." wrote: Dave, Actually I will be surprised if the entry level BM T42 opens fast a large file with multiple formulas. Some of them were shipped initially with only 256 MB of RAM at a very low speed compared to todays' machines. Maybe his friend is a tech guy and added extra 512 RAM (at least), he is disabling the recalculation feature and stopping all the inutile processes. Also it is good to note that sometimes a serie of production is custmized with additional option if requested by the buyre. So maybe they are bothe T42 Architecture but wih different somponents. He got the entry level of T42 and the other was upgraded ... I guess. Regards, FG -- Dave Peterson |
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Did that, and my computer still works, breathing a sigh of relief. I
actually did a search for all Temp folders on my computer and there were about 6 or so. I deleted their contents as well (what I could anyway), and all seems to be well. Rob "Chip Pearson" wrote in message ... When you say clean up, do you mean delete all those folders? Kill all of them. You'll get an error if you attempt to delete a file in use. Anything else is fair game to be wiped out. -- Cordially, Chip Pearson Microsoft MVP - Excel, 10 Years Pearson Software Consulting www.cpearson.com (email on the web site) "RobN" wrote in message ... Dave, I noticed your first comment in this thread was to clean up the temp folder. Thought I'd look at mine by your suggested method, running %temp%. My Temp is chockers with Folders....many of them empty, but many not. When you say clean up, do you mean delete all those folders? Is there any risk in doing that? Or should I look at each folder and decide if it can be deleted...which would be difficult! Rob "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... Where I worked, each pc that was distributed at the same time had the same hardware configuration and same harddisk image. It made the life of the IT folks much easier--not too bad for the typical user, but irritating for the power user who needed a non-standard configuration. I thought 2 minutes to open a file was pretty slow. To the OP: One more thought. Where is the file located? Any chance that the user with the slow opening workbook is having network problems? "F.G." wrote: Dave, Actually I will be surprised if the entry level BM T42 opens fast a large file with multiple formulas. Some of them were shipped initially with only 256 MB of RAM at a very low speed compared to todays' machines. Maybe his friend is a tech guy and added extra 512 RAM (at least), he is disabling the recalculation feature and stopping all the inutile processes. Also it is good to note that sometimes a serie of production is custmized with additional option if requested by the buyre. So maybe they are bothe T42 Architecture but wih different somponents. He got the entry level of T42 and the other was upgraded ... I guess. Regards, FG -- Dave Peterson |
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Does that mean that the excel workbook opened as quickly on this pc--or just
that you didn't turn the pc into a boat anchor? RobN wrote: Did that, and my computer still works, breathing a sigh of relief. I actually did a search for all Temp folders on my computer and there were about 6 or so. I deleted their contents as well (what I could anyway), and all seems to be well. Rob "Chip Pearson" wrote in message ... When you say clean up, do you mean delete all those folders? Kill all of them. You'll get an error if you attempt to delete a file in use. Anything else is fair game to be wiped out. -- Cordially, Chip Pearson Microsoft MVP - Excel, 10 Years Pearson Software Consulting www.cpearson.com (email on the web site) "RobN" wrote in message ... Dave, I noticed your first comment in this thread was to clean up the temp folder. Thought I'd look at mine by your suggested method, running %temp%. My Temp is chockers with Folders....many of them empty, but many not. When you say clean up, do you mean delete all those folders? Is there any risk in doing that? Or should I look at each folder and decide if it can be deleted...which would be difficult! Rob "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... Where I worked, each pc that was distributed at the same time had the same hardware configuration and same harddisk image. It made the life of the IT folks much easier--not too bad for the typical user, but irritating for the power user who needed a non-standard configuration. I thought 2 minutes to open a file was pretty slow. To the OP: One more thought. Where is the file located? Any chance that the user with the slow opening workbook is having network problems? "F.G." wrote: Dave, Actually I will be surprised if the entry level BM T42 opens fast a large file with multiple formulas. Some of them were shipped initially with only 256 MB of RAM at a very low speed compared to todays' machines. Maybe his friend is a tech guy and added extra 512 RAM (at least), he is disabling the recalculation feature and stopping all the inutile processes. Also it is good to note that sometimes a serie of production is custmized with additional option if requested by the buyre. So maybe they are bothe T42 Architecture but wih different somponents. He got the entry level of T42 and the other was upgraded ... I guess. Regards, FG -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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Dave, I think you might be directing this question to the original poster.
But for me, deleting all the temps hasn't improved my performance. Which leads me to another question......Why is it advisable to delete these file/folders? Rob "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... Does that mean that the excel workbook opened as quickly on this pc--or just that you didn't turn the pc into a boat anchor? RobN wrote: Did that, and my computer still works, breathing a sigh of relief. I actually did a search for all Temp folders on my computer and there were about 6 or so. I deleted their contents as well (what I could anyway), and all seems to be well. Rob "Chip Pearson" wrote in message ... When you say clean up, do you mean delete all those folders? Kill all of them. You'll get an error if you attempt to delete a file in use. Anything else is fair game to be wiped out. -- Cordially, Chip Pearson Microsoft MVP - Excel, 10 Years Pearson Software Consulting www.cpearson.com (email on the web site) "RobN" wrote in message ... Dave, I noticed your first comment in this thread was to clean up the temp folder. Thought I'd look at mine by your suggested method, running %temp%. My Temp is chockers with Folders....many of them empty, but many not. When you say clean up, do you mean delete all those folders? Is there any risk in doing that? Or should I look at each folder and decide if it can be deleted...which would be difficult! Rob "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... Where I worked, each pc that was distributed at the same time had the same hardware configuration and same harddisk image. It made the life of the IT folks much easier--not too bad for the typical user, but irritating for the power user who needed a non-standard configuration. I thought 2 minutes to open a file was pretty slow. To the OP: One more thought. Where is the file located? Any chance that the user with the slow opening workbook is having network problems? "F.G." wrote: Dave, Actually I will be surprised if the entry level BM T42 opens fast a large file with multiple formulas. Some of them were shipped initially with only 256 MB of RAM at a very low speed compared to todays' machines. Maybe his friend is a tech guy and added extra 512 RAM (at least), he is disabling the recalculation feature and stopping all the inutile processes. Also it is good to note that sometimes a serie of production is custmized with additional option if requested by the buyre. So maybe they are bothe T42 Architecture but wih different somponents. He got the entry level of T42 and the other was upgraded ... I guess. Regards, FG -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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I did mean that for the OP. Sorry.
And excel uses that temp folder to store stuff--files used for controls on worksheets and userforms. If there are lots of items in that folder, it can slow down excel when it tries to figure out what it needs to use/retrieve. (Not a technical response, but one that satisfies me!) Kind of like when you open a folder in windows explorer. If there are tons of files in that folder, you'll see the flashlight while Windows gets all the names/info it needs. RobN wrote: Dave, I think you might be directing this question to the original poster. But for me, deleting all the temps hasn't improved my performance. Which leads me to another question......Why is it advisable to delete these file/folders? Rob "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... Does that mean that the excel workbook opened as quickly on this pc--or just that you didn't turn the pc into a boat anchor? RobN wrote: Did that, and my computer still works, breathing a sigh of relief. I actually did a search for all Temp folders on my computer and there were about 6 or so. I deleted their contents as well (what I could anyway), and all seems to be well. Rob "Chip Pearson" wrote in message ... When you say clean up, do you mean delete all those folders? Kill all of them. You'll get an error if you attempt to delete a file in use. Anything else is fair game to be wiped out. -- Cordially, Chip Pearson Microsoft MVP - Excel, 10 Years Pearson Software Consulting www.cpearson.com (email on the web site) "RobN" wrote in message ... Dave, I noticed your first comment in this thread was to clean up the temp folder. Thought I'd look at mine by your suggested method, running %temp%. My Temp is chockers with Folders....many of them empty, but many not. When you say clean up, do you mean delete all those folders? Is there any risk in doing that? Or should I look at each folder and decide if it can be deleted...which would be difficult! Rob "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... Where I worked, each pc that was distributed at the same time had the same hardware configuration and same harddisk image. It made the life of the IT folks much easier--not too bad for the typical user, but irritating for the power user who needed a non-standard configuration. I thought 2 minutes to open a file was pretty slow. To the OP: One more thought. Where is the file located? Any chance that the user with the slow opening workbook is having network problems? "F.G." wrote: Dave, Actually I will be surprised if the entry level BM T42 opens fast a large file with multiple formulas. Some of them were shipped initially with only 256 MB of RAM at a very low speed compared to todays' machines. Maybe his friend is a tech guy and added extra 512 RAM (at least), he is disabling the recalculation feature and stopping all the inutile processes. Also it is good to note that sometimes a serie of production is custmized with additional option if requested by the buyre. So maybe they are bothe T42 Architecture but wih different somponents. He got the entry level of T42 and the other was upgraded ... I guess. Regards, FG -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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Thanks Dave. That satisfies me too!
Rob "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... I did mean that for the OP. Sorry. And excel uses that temp folder to store stuff--files used for controls on worksheets and userforms. If there are lots of items in that folder, it can slow down excel when it tries to figure out what it needs to use/retrieve. (Not a technical response, but one that satisfies me!) Kind of like when you open a folder in windows explorer. If there are tons of files in that folder, you'll see the flashlight while Windows gets all the names/info it needs. RobN wrote: Dave, I think you might be directing this question to the original poster. But for me, deleting all the temps hasn't improved my performance. Which leads me to another question......Why is it advisable to delete these file/folders? Rob "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... Does that mean that the excel workbook opened as quickly on this pc--or just that you didn't turn the pc into a boat anchor? RobN wrote: Did that, and my computer still works, breathing a sigh of relief. I actually did a search for all Temp folders on my computer and there were about 6 or so. I deleted their contents as well (what I could anyway), and all seems to be well. Rob "Chip Pearson" wrote in message ... When you say clean up, do you mean delete all those folders? Kill all of them. You'll get an error if you attempt to delete a file in use. Anything else is fair game to be wiped out. -- Cordially, Chip Pearson Microsoft MVP - Excel, 10 Years Pearson Software Consulting www.cpearson.com (email on the web site) "RobN" wrote in message ... Dave, I noticed your first comment in this thread was to clean up the temp folder. Thought I'd look at mine by your suggested method, running %temp%. My Temp is chockers with Folders....many of them empty, but many not. When you say clean up, do you mean delete all those folders? Is there any risk in doing that? Or should I look at each folder and decide if it can be deleted...which would be difficult! Rob "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... Where I worked, each pc that was distributed at the same time had the same hardware configuration and same harddisk image. It made the life of the IT folks much easier--not too bad for the typical user, but irritating for the power user who needed a non-standard configuration. I thought 2 minutes to open a file was pretty slow. To the OP: One more thought. Where is the file located? Any chance that the user with the slow opening workbook is having network problems? "F.G." wrote: Dave, Actually I will be surprised if the entry level BM T42 opens fast a large file with multiple formulas. Some of them were shipped initially with only 256 MB of RAM at a very low speed compared to todays' machines. Maybe his friend is a tech guy and added extra 512 RAM (at least), he is disabling the recalculation feature and stopping all the inutile processes. Also it is good to note that sometimes a serie of production is custmized with additional option if requested by the buyre. So maybe they are bothe T42 Architecture but wih different somponents. He got the entry level of T42 and the other was upgraded ... I guess. Regards, FG -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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