Slow opening of Word and Excel Solved

Question

Hello,

All of a sudden, the opening of Word and Excel is very slow, 2 minutes to open a file.
What is causing this, what can I do to return to normal use??
Thank you in advance

P3 - Win98SE - Office 2000 (I believe)

bonsonnoise · Accepted Answer

Hello,

the problem may come from the unintentional or intentional addition of the PDF Architect add-in (or others).
Here’s how to resolve it on Windows for Office 2007 (do this for each program that is causing issues):

1/ Open the program as an administrator:
- In the "start menu," then "all programs," then "accessories," right-click on "command prompt" and select "run as administrator" (say "yes" to the security message)
In the command window, you should see:
C:\Windows\system32>

- Type: start winword.exe (to open Word)
or start excel.exe (for Excel)
or start powerpnt.exe (for PowerPoint)
The program will then open as admin. Be patient, it takes a bit longer...

2/ Remove the problematic add-in:
Click on the Windows icon of the program (top left) then on "Word options, or Excel, or PowerPoint."
In the left menu, click on "add-ins."
In the "manage" section, select "COM add-ins," then click on "go...".
Uncheck the add-ins that are causing issues (like PDF Architect) and confirm with "ok." Be patient, it takes a bit longer...

There you go, you can close the command prompt.
I hope this helps you (I apologize to the professionals for this very detailed description aimed also at novices in computing).

Eric · Answer

Hi,  Check your ADD ON for the macros.  You probably have an additional program that is missing, which is causing the program to lag during initialization.  It's up to you to fix it.

globo · Answer

Would you mean to say to go to the Tools/Macro/Macros menu and delete the existing macros????

G.David · Answer

Hi put the office CD in and do a general repair, it usually cleans up this kind of problem pretty well Best regards G.David-- respect is not a given it is earned

boucanso · Answer

Hello, when I open any file, it takes time for the window to open. I reformatted the hard drive, reinstalled Windows, and a few days later it starts again. Do you have a solution please?

Krogar · Answer

Hi,

I had the same problem with WORD 2003.

I fixed it simply by opening a blank document that I saved as normal.dot (as a document template).

This replaced the existing normal.dot, which was apparently corrupted.

There you go.

Have a nice day.

Mw2 marche pas · Answer

try going to options, change the RAM that the computer allocates to the software and that's it

halika · Answer

Thank you, excellent way to disable PDFarchitect which is responsible for the slow opening and closing of Excel and Word programs. Finally, the programs have become fast again!

abdel..... · Answer

Salam,

Office 2003.
Program files, Microsoft office, Office 11, click on STARTUP, delete all existing links.
Open a new Word document, save as, (File type: normal.dot), document type (document template), in Program files, Microsoft Office, office 11, STARTUP.
Click on tools, on Templates and Add-ins..., check for the presence of (normal.dot) is checked.

XLS, the path is the same as above, in XLSTART delete all existing links.
Copy, paste a new document saved as file type (Workbook.xls).

On other office versions, the path to Templates and Add-ins..., changes, which I do not know.
Good luck.
Abdel

Flo · Answer

Hello,  Operation successful. I now have a fast opening Office 2007 after uninstalling PDF Architect.  Thank you!

KG61 · Answer

Hello, very useful tutorial and very well explained. Thank you very much.

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