Tech Support Forum - View Single Post

dr_insanity · 04-14-2008, 07:57 AM

Another solution I have found (having tried disabling the antivirus, repairing the installation and reinstalling the installation) is to turn off DDE when opening the files.

In windows explorer, go to tools > folder options
under the file types tab, select .xls and hit advanced
select OPEN and hit edit

at the end of the string under application to perform action, add "%1" including quotemarks, and uncheck the use DDE box.

Click okay on all of the open dialog boxes, and then repeat for .doc and .ppt

04-14-2008, 07:57 AM	#7 (permalink)
dr_insanity Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 37 OS: XPPro-sp2, 2000-sp4, 2003SBS, Vista Business	Re: Files open real slow in Office XP Another solution I have found (having tried disabling the antivirus, repairing the installation and reinstalling the installation) is to turn off DDE when opening the files. In windows explorer, go to tools > folder options under the file types tab, select .xls and hit advanced select OPEN and hit edit at the end of the string under application to perform action, add "%1" including quotemarks, and uncheck the use DDE box. Click okay on all of the open dialog boxes, and then repeat for .doc and .ppt