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« on: June 27, 2008, 05:44:42 PM » |
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If I go into the my documents folder, and double click an excel file, or right click it, it will either take a long ass time to open (a minute or so), but most of the time it doesn't open at all. (Yeah, it is recognizing it as an excel file).
But if I have excel and then it open it, it opens fine. What would cause that? Anyway other then unistalling and reinstalling office to fix it?
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« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2008, 06:15:53 PM » |
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What version of Office are you using? Has it always behaved like this?
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« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2008, 08:27:22 PM » |
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It's my work laptop, I think I have '03 on it. Only had the laptop about a two months, just noticed it dong this about two weeks ago. (One morning it just did that, I actually usually open from the document, not from the application.)
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« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2008, 08:33:49 PM » |
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Does it take longer to open Excel and then open a document all, or to just double click on the file?
Also, if you haven't already, try defragging the hard drive.
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« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2008, 11:55:52 PM » |
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Didn't think of it, will do on Monday. And no it opens it right up if I am in excel. Like a literal second. Probably a second and half to get excel open. And they real aren't that big of files, some just one printed page.
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« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2008, 12:47:31 PM » |
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Defraging didn't help.
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« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2008, 01:08:30 PM » |
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What Anti Virus do you use?
And this slow loading only happens with excel, not any other program?
Running "excel.exe /regserver" might work
Also, I don't know if 2003 has this feature but check in your Microsoft Office startup folder for Diagnostics, it could identify the problem if its an excel issue
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« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2008, 01:37:29 PM » |
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Some Anti-Virus software install a plugin for office that has it scan for viruses everytime you open a document. You should be able to disable that if its the problem.
Also, do you have any other programs on that computer that use Excel files? There might be a button or something in the Excel options that lets you restore the file associations so it will have Excel be the default application for the file type. You can right-click on an Excel file and click properties, then select "Change", and select Excel and check the box to always use the program to open that type of file.
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« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2009, 11:39:34 AM » |
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TRY TO USE WINDOWS UPDATE TO FIND AN UPDATE FOR MS OFFICE 03. THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING CALLED AA COMPATABILITY UPDATE. OR RIGHT CLICK ON THE FILE, GO TO PROPERTIES, OPEN WITH AND CHOOSE EXCEL AS THE PROGRAM TO OPEN WITH. THIS SHOULD ALSO WORK FOR YOU IF THERE WAS A CORRUPTION TO THA FILE.
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« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2009, 01:03:12 PM » |
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TRY TO USE WINDOWS UPDATE TO FIND AN UPDATE FOR MS OFFICE 03. THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING CALLED AA COMPATABILITY UPDATE. OR RIGHT CLICK ON THE FILE, GO TO PROPERTIES, OPEN WITH AND CHOOSE EXCEL AS THE PROGRAM TO OPEN WITH. THIS SHOULD ALSO WORK FOR YOU IF THERE WAS A CORRUPTION TO THA FILE.
Dog, like I have said I appreciate your desire to help, but yo, look at the details before responding. I don't even work at the place that owns the machine that I was having this trouble with anymore, and I haven't for quite some time. Plus, it was a brand new laptop, so it had just had new software installed, and had checked all the software developers sites for updates. It was easy enough to open excel and then open the file, just a couple of seconds to get the file open, really it was just remembering to do that as opposed to open the file itself. I am thinking that Swift was right about it doing a virus scan before opening it, which is what the estra time was about, but once I changed how I opened the files, it really wasn't an issue, so I forgot about it. |
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« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2009, 09:37:03 AM » |
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OH OK.
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« Reply #11 on: March 07, 2010, 11:23:26 PM » |
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to fix tha issue that u r dealing with just download and install open office that will open the files easy.
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« Reply #12 on: March 08, 2010, 07:16:58 AM » |
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Open Office is EXCELlent
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« Reply #13 on: March 10, 2010, 02:04:45 PM » |
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Damn this shit is old but ey. Also, i didnt mean to seem like i was yellin at u wit tha all caps. lol that's how i was used to typing before. but anywayz my last suggestion would be too download the office compatibility pack for office '03. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/ha101686761033.aspx |
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