Excel 2007 slow to open 2003 files

When I double-click on an Excel 2003 (.xls) file, Excel 2007 takes a long
time (30 seconds) to open the file. I can avoid this delay by minimizing
Excel at which point it immediately maximizes itself and opens the file.

thanks for the tip, I'm having the exact same problem. Is there a
permanent fix for this?

Yet another twist. A few days ago (a week after installing Office 2007),
..xls files starting opening in Excel 2003 again by default.

"Tom" wrote:

> thanks for the tip, I'm having the exact same problem. Is there a
> permanent fix for this?
>
>

Same thing here. Didn't know about the minimize thing but it works. I'll try
filemon and regmon to see if I can find anything weird.

It is just really annoying. I first noticed it when I tried to open an
attachment from Outlook and thought that was the problem. Then when I saved
it to my hard drive, it still took a long time to open.

I'll let you know what I find out.

"jawodele" wrote:

> Yet another twist. A few days ago (a week after installing Office 2007),
> .xls files starting opening in Excel 2003 again by default.
>
> "Tom" wrote:
>
> > thanks for the tip, I'm having the exact same problem. Is there a
> > permanent fix for this?
> >
> >

Do either of you have any addins installed? I had 2 and when I removed them
both, it started to work like normal.

"_-_Goldfinger_-_" wrote:

> Same thing here. Didn't know about the minimize thing but it works. I'll try
> filemon and regmon to see if I can find anything weird.
>
> It is just really annoying. I first noticed it when I tried to open an
> attachment from Outlook and thought that was the problem. Then when I saved
> it to my hard drive, it still took a long time to open.
>
> I'll let you know what I find out.
>
> "jawodele" wrote:
>
> > Yet another twist. A few days ago (a week after installing Office 2007),
> > .xls files starting opening in Excel 2003 again by default.
> >
> > "Tom" wrote:
> >
> > > thanks for the tip, I'm having the exact same problem. Is there a
> > > permanent fix for this?
> > >
> > >

What I found out: Open Excel 2007 first, then use CTRL+O to OPEN the needed
file. In my case newer and older Excel files are experiencing the 30 second
wait...
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~Myst~


"_-_Goldfinger_-_" wrote:

> Do either of you have any addins installed? I had 2 and when I removed them
> both, it started to work like normal.
>
> "_-_Goldfinger_-_" wrote:
>
> > Same thing here. Didn't know about the minimize thing but it works. I'll try
> > filemon and regmon to see if I can find anything weird.
> >
> > It is just really annoying. I first noticed it when I tried to open an
> > attachment from Outlook and thought that was the problem. Then when I saved
> > it to my hard drive, it still took a long time to open.
> >
> > I'll let you know what I find out.
> >
> > "jawodele" wrote:
> >
> > > Yet another twist. A few days ago (a week after installing Office 2007),
> > > .xls files starting opening in Excel 2003 again by default.
> > >
> > > "Tom" wrote:
> > >
> > > > thanks for the tip, I'm having the exact same problem. Is there a
> > > > permanent fix for this?
> > > >
> > > >

thanks heaps.

"jawodele" wrote:

> When I double-click on an Excel 2003 (.xls) file, Excel 2007 takes a long
> time (30 seconds) to open the file. I can avoid this delay by minimizing
> Excel at which point it immediately maximizes itself and opens the file.

[lrover]

I've had the same thing happen to me at work and our IT guys did the following and solved the issues. Try following this link.

[lrover]

Sorry - here's the link: http://myitkb.net/open-excel-2007-sp...erent-windows/

[bugMeNot2]

I disabled the office live plugin and now it appears to be open fast again.

circle office button > settlings > plugins > go on com type > uncheck