Re: Opening a Word document- Slow when clicking on a Word file, et

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Howard B wrote:

> Thanks for the tip-- Can't say I found an answer there. Also, does
> not explain why right clicking results in a long time to open with the
> menu
> choices, so I'm not sure it's a Word issue as opposed to an XP issue.
> By the way, I have SP2 installed-- it came with my system as a clean
> install.

> "Kelly" wrote:
>
>> Hi Howard,
>>
>> Try the Word Solution Center and Newsgroups. Good luck!
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;EN-US;FAQS

>> "Howard B" <Howard B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:81658230-971A-4FDC-A799-7B943293D19F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > When I click on a Word document (on my Desktop, for example), it
>> > seems to
>> > take a long time for the document to open. Yet if I have Word open
>> > and click
>> > on the document it opens instantaneously.
>> >
>> > Similarly, when I right click on a document, photo, spread***
>> > file, it takes what seems a long time for the menu (Open, Run as,
>> > Send to, Delete, etc..) to open.
>> >
>> > Any ideas why this is happening?
>> >
>> > I have a Dell Dimension 8400 with a Pentium 4 - 3.4 MHz with 1 GB
>> > or DDR
>> > RAM. I have run AdAware, Webroot's SpySweeper, and have Defragged
>> > my Hard Drive (160 GB) which is largely unused!

Right-click issues are most often caused by problematic context menu
entries by third-party programs. Use the free ShellExView to disable
all non-MS entries in the context menu. Then enable them one at a time
to determine which one is causing the problem.

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html

Slow right-click and other issues -
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm
Manage the context-menu entries for folders, drives and Namespace
objects - http://windowsxp.mvps.org/context_folders.htm

Malke
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