PD43

Boris has me confused as well <G>.

Boris

If Explorer means Windows Explorer then Windows Explorer will load Excel
or Word to open the file. It makes no sense for Explorer to mean
Internet Explorer but you need to say more clearly what you mean..
Outlook could mean Outlook or Outlook Express but you do not say whether
you are opening attachments or carrying out some other task. I would
have thought opening a file from within Excel or Word should be quicker
bacause the task of opening Excel / Word will already have been
completed. Nevertheless the time diferential should not be 5 minutes.

You might consider whether anti-virus scanning of files impacts
differently. Another possiblility is whether you are encountering a
right click problem.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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PD43 wrote:
> 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?