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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: ...
Hi,
Raul_Chiarella is having the same problem:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/excel/xls-ppt-files-extremely-slow-when-opening-from-network-drive-win/m-p/2455235
You could try saving a copy of the files as xlsx files and see if that solves the problem.
Remember to save a COPY in case the file type change disrupts the data in the workbook.
If you are not able to change the file type for whatever reason you could try:
• Do a quick repair of the Office programs (Control Panel / Installed Programs / Change).
• Check add-ins that run with Excel (File / Options / Add-ins) to see if anything looks dicey.
• Open a blank Excel sheet and then open the Excel file (Excel will already be running when attempting to open)
Raul_Chiarella is having the same problem:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/excel/xls-ppt-files-extremely-slow-when-opening-from-network-drive-win/m-p/2455235
You could try saving a copy of the files as xlsx files and see if that solves the problem.
Remember to save a COPY in case the file type change disrupts the data in the workbook.
If you are not able to change the file type for whatever reason you could try:
• Do a quick repair of the Office programs (Control Panel / Installed Programs / Change).
• Check add-ins that run with Excel (File / Options / Add-ins) to see if anything looks dicey.
• Open a blank Excel sheet and then open the Excel file (Excel will already be running when attempting to open)
