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.XLS Files open extremely slow from network drives.
Hello, While openen .XLS (excel 97 - 2003) files from a network drive (DFS), it takes quite a while to open these files (30 seconds or more). These delays only occur under certain circumstances: ...
Thank you! That worked for us, changing all paths with the hostname instead of the IP address, and now the files open instantanely. Also mapping the path as network drives solves the problem.
This is the solution!
Instant fix. Just use the \\servername in fileexplorer instead of mapped letter (mapped from IP adress)
This is so weird. Never seen any MS representative suggest this (obvious) solution.
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