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Excel files open very slowly
Win XP Pro SP3
MS Office 2007 Toshiba Tecra M5 1.56GBt RAM. 80GBt HDD free space, 2.0GHz Centrino Dual Core CPU. Each and every time I receive an .xls file from any source, Excel takes at least 30-45 seconds to open it, regardless of file size. I have turned off AV to test. AV has no bearing. Once I saw a notice that Excel was operating in compatibility mode. What do I have to do avoid this problem? |
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Excel files open very slowly
This may not be exactly what you're looking for, but I open Excel first, then
the desired workbook. It doesn't hesitate that way. (I do think my issue is AV but I can't do anything about it.) An alternate way is to open the workbook and then when you see it's not opening click on the Office button. I don't know why that works, but it does for me. Best wishes! "Dr. Dos" wrote: Win XP Pro SP3 MS Office 2007 Toshiba Tecra M5 1.56GBt RAM. 80GBt HDD free space, 2.0GHz Centrino Dual Core CPU. Each and every time I receive an .xls file from any source, Excel takes at least 30-45 seconds to open it, regardless of file size. I have turned off AV to test. AV has no bearing. Once I saw a notice that Excel was operating in compatibility mode. What do I have to do avoid this problem? |
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Excel files open very slowly
"Dr. Dos" wrote: Win XP Pro SP3 MS Office 2007 Toshiba Tecra M5 1.56GBt RAM. 80GBt HDD free space, 2.0GHz Centrino Dual Core CPU. Each and every time I receive an .xls file from any source, Excel takes at least 30-45 seconds to open it, regardless of file size. I have turned off AV to test. AV has no bearing. Once I saw a notice that Excel was operating in compatibility mode. What do I have to do avoid this problem? CTURNER82 wrote: This may not be exactly what you're looking for, but I open Excel first, then the desired workbook. It doesn't hesitate that way. (I do think my issue is AV but I can't do anything about it.) An alternate way is to open the workbook and then when you see it's not opening click on the Office button. I don't know why that works, but it does for me. Best wishes! Thanks for the reply Yes, strangely, solution 1 works. The program opens up in less than five seconds, and the files/workbooks, when selected afterward open almost instantaneously. Your solution 2 (office button) did not work for me. But I have solution three: After selecting an xls file from file manager or an e-mail attachment, when Excel opens, I click on the minimize button, top right. That immediately kills the blank solid blue workbook area screen and reveals the file(s)/workbooks I have called up behind it. That blank blue screen is NOT actually minimized, it totally disappears. Clicking on the program icon in the task bar, instead of the minimize button, causes Excel to crash/stop responding. I propose this establishes that something is broken in my installation or the program. Since you have had a similar problem with a similar set of solutions, I propose a bug in Excel 2007. No it has nothing to do with the AV. |
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