I have a user who is using Excel 2007. His machine has 3 GB RAM, and a 2GB processor. If he opens a spreadsheet, a small spreadsheet, by clicking directly on the file, it takes about 1 minute to open. If he opens it from within Excel, it opens right away.
I have eliminated the antivirus as the culprit. The spreadsheet is on his desktop, not on a network drive.
Does anyone know why this happens? I have seen similar occurances throughout the history of Microsoft Office.
UPDATE: I’ve checked the file associations, and they match up fine with mine. I saved the spreadsheet to the old format, and it came up with errors like it was looking for files that weren’t there when I went to open it. It did open, however, and quicker because I clicked OK for all the errors.
He has mentioned that some open fine while others take the minute. However, I also have Office 2007, and I can open them all fine.
Any ideas?