When I'm in Word or Excel (maybe other office products as well) and try to
open an existing file or save an open file in a directory other than the
default, the program freezes for 30+ seconds before allowing me to maneuver
through the directory structure to other folders. This seems to happen when I
have certain folders mapped on my VPN but don't have the VPN connection open.
Can I change a setting to get Office 2003 to (quickly) ignore these
disconnected folders and simply allow me to navigate the folders that are
active?

Standard fix is to open My Computer and r-click on and Disconnect any
unreachable drives.

Travis wrote:

> When I'm in Word or Excel (maybe other office products as well) and try to
> open an existing file or save an open file in a directory other than the
> default, the program freezes for 30+ seconds before allowing me to maneuver
> through the directory structure to other folders. This seems to happen when I
> have certain folders mapped on my VPN but don't have the VPN connection open.
> Can I change a setting to get Office 2003 to (quickly) ignore these
> disconnected folders and simply allow me to navigate the folders that are
> active?