The problem occurs as soon as you hit the File|Open option. Not after you've
selected the file and clicked Open???

If that's true, then maybe you have a network drive mapped that excel is trying
to access when the Open dialog appears.

I'd try disconnecting all those mapped drives (using windows explorer--and keep
nice notes!). Then test this in excel.

If it works, maybe you could add each drive back and test to see if that's the
drive that causes the trouble.

Sweety wrote:

When i open any .xls file from Windows Explorer, it works fine. But when i
try to open the same file from Excel -- File -- Open. The document stops
responding. and the PC hangs.

When i try to save the .xls attachment from Outlook to C:. Outlook stops
responding. But when i try to save the attachment in H: it works fine.

What could be the reason?

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Dave Peterson