BorisS <BorisS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have recently started having issues where opening a file from a program
>(Outlook, explorer) takes literally about 5 minutes to complete. If I go
>from within the operating program (XL, Word), it is instantaneous. But from
>outside, it takes forever.

I think you are confused in your use of terminology... all of those
programs are "inside the operating system", such operating system
being Windows XP (presumably).

What are you having problems opening?