Re: Very slow File Open/Save Dialog

Re: Very slow File Open/Save Dialog

I have the same problems as Ollie, but when I open My Computer and do right 
click on the screen, there is no select disconnect for any drives that are 
unavailable.  I tried searching in help with the word "disconnect" and was 
not able to come up with any similar resolution.  My slow file, open seemed 
to happen after I updated .net 2.0.  Any other suggestions for speeding up 
the "file, open" dialogues?  Thank you. 
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"Bob I" wrote:

> Open My Computer and right click on and select disconnect for any drives 
> that are unavailable.
> 
> Ollie wrote:
> 
> > I experience a very slow File Dialog mainly within Microsoft Applications. If 
> > I want to open or save a file in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint in a different 
> > directory than the current one it takes up to 1 minute to switch directories. 
> > (Same if I try to save attachments out of Outlook)
> > This happens with both, local drives as well as network drives. I experience 
> > this on my two XP SP2 machines, both pretty new installed (<1month and 
> > <6month). I run defragmentation on a regular basis.
> > 
> > I'm also running a W2K machine as well with Office 2000 and there I don't 
> > have this experience at all.
> > 
> > All machines are running Norton Antivirus but even if I turn it off, no 
> > change in behavior.
> > 
> > If I open a Windows File Explorer or a Command prompt I can switch between 
> > directories without any delays, regardless if local or remote access is 
> > involved.
> > 
> > I was reading in other posts about the magical 70-100 files/directories per 
> > folder rule. I checked this and so far this does not apply to me. I have less 
> > than that.
> > 
> > Any Idea?
> > 
> 
>

date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:13:01 -0700 author: CalifornianEskimo

Re: Very slow File Open/Save Dialog

Do you have drive that are identified as unavailable? If so, you right 
click on the drive, not "on the screen".

CalifornianEskimo wrote:
> I have the same problems as Ollie, but when I open My Computer and do right 
> click on the screen, there is no select disconnect for any drives that are 
> unavailable.  I tried searching in help with the word "disconnect" and was 
> not able to come up with any similar resolution.  My slow file, open seemed 
> to happen after I updated .net 2.0.  Any other suggestions for speeding up 
> the "file, open" dialogues?  Thank you.

date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:29:07 -0500 author: Bob I

Re: Very slow File Open/Save Dialog

Sorry for delay in responding.  No there's no drives identified as unavailable.
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Janis



"Bob I" wrote:

> Do you have drive that are identified as unavailable? If so, you right 
> click on the drive, not "on the screen".
> 
> CalifornianEskimo wrote:
> > I have the same problems as Ollie, but when I open My Computer and do right 
> > click on the screen, there is no select disconnect for any drives that are 
> > unavailable.  I tried searching in help with the word "disconnect" and was 
> > not able to come up with any similar resolution.  My slow file, open seemed 
> > to happen after I updated .net 2.0.  Any other suggestions for speeding up 
> > the "file, open" dialogues?  Thank you. 
> 
>

date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 10:28:10 -0700 author: CalifornianEskimo

Re: Very slow File Open/Save Dialog

Then the inaccessible mapped drives time-out is not causing your 
problem.  You may wish to start your own thread about your problem, and 
be sure to list what you have (versions of office) and what you have 
checked and any other pertinent info like error messages and the like. 
That way others may see it and may have an answer.

CalifornianEskimo wrote:
> Sorry for delay in responding.  No there's no drives identified as unavailable.

date: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:42:50 -0500 author: Bob I

Re: Very slow File Open/Save Dialog

Has anyone resolved CalifornianEskimo's issue yet? Has he started up a
new thread I would like to follow up. I have the exact same problem, no
unavailable mapped drives, this has been bugging me at least a year and
i have no solution to this. For your info, I have VPN in my computer to
access to my pc at work, does this cause the slow delay?


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date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:07:52 +0530 author: madcarrot2007

Re: Very slow File Open/Save Dialog

I've done a lot of research on this item to no avail.  However, if I
reformat the hard drive, reinstall everything (including patches)the
problem goes away for 6+ months only to return.  I've only encountered
this on XP systems.

I've uninstalled patch KB908531, disconnected unmapped drives and
basically tried every other solution I've seen posted regarding slow
access to Open or Insert file.

This problem is most notable when selected the drop down 'Look In' for
navigating to a file to attach to an email via Outlook, but also occurs
in Word, Excel etc. when navigating away from 'My Documents'.

So short of reformatting the hard drive I haven't found a perfect
solution yet.

Any other suggestions?


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date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 23:21:42 +0530 author: dbuzzell