I have the same problems as Ollie, but when I open My Computer and do right
click on the screen, there is no select disconnect for any drives that are
unavailable. I tried searching in help with the word "disconnect" and was
not able to come up with any similar resolution. My slow file, open seemed
to happen after I updated .net 2.0. Any other suggestions for speeding up
the "file, open" dialogues? Thank you.
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Sincerely,
Janis



"Bob I" wrote:

> Open My Computer and right click on and select disconnect for any drives
> that are unavailable.
>
> Ollie wrote:
>
> > I experience a very slow File Dialog mainly within Microsoft Applications. If
> > I want to open or save a file in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint in a different
> > directory than the current one it takes up to 1 minute to switch directories.
> > (Same if I try to save attachments out of Outlook)
> > This happens with both, local drives as well as network drives. I experience
> > this on my two XP SP2 machines, both pretty new installed (<1month and
> > <6month). I run defragmentation on a regular basis.
> >
> > I'm also running a W2K machine as well with Office 2000 and there I don't
> > have this experience at all.
> >
> > All machines are running Norton Antivirus but even if I turn it off, no
> > change in behavior.
> >
> > If I open a Windows File Explorer or a Command prompt I can switch between
> > directories without any delays, regardless if local or remote access is
> > involved.
> >
> > I was reading in other posts about the magical 70-100 files/directories per
> > folder rule. I checked this and so far this does not apply to me. I have less
> > than that.
> >
> > Any Idea?
> >
>
>