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FileOpen takes 2 minutes
When I click FileOpen it often (but not always) takes 1- 2 full minutes to
come up with the list of files. There are about 15,000 files (3 GB). Windows explorer doesn't take so long to pull up the file list. Is this an inherent problem with word, or is something else going on? How can I fix this? I like to have all my word files in one directory as it makes it easy for me to find them. Any help would be appreciated. Huck |
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FileOpen takes 2 minutes
You need to split up that ridiculously large folder and make proper use of
sub folders and the search facility Windows provides. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Huck wrote: When I click FileOpen it often (but not always) takes 1- 2 full minutes to come up with the list of files. There are about 15,000 files (3 GB). Windows explorer doesn't take so long to pull up the file list. Is this an inherent problem with word, or is something else going on? How can I fix this? I like to have all my word files in one directory as it makes it easy for me to find them. Any help would be appreciated. Huck |
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FileOpen takes 2 minutes
Thanks for the reply. I guess if that is the only way to solve the problem,
that is what I have to do. However, it is not the most efficient or convenient way for me to work. I find files very quickly and efficiently this way and windows search function is slow and especially slow for my use. I do maintain subfolders for certain categories of documents. Huck "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You need to split up that ridiculously large folder and make proper use of sub folders and the search facility Windows provides. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Huck wrote: When I click FileOpen it often (but not always) takes 1- 2 full minutes to come up with the list of files. There are about 15,000 files (3 GB). Windows explorer doesn't take so long to pull up the file list. Is this an inherent problem with word, or is something else going on? How can I fix this? I like to have all my word files in one directory as it makes it easy for me to find them. Any help would be appreciated. Huck |
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FileOpen takes 2 minutes
Another possibility is that Word is trying to reconnect to a disconnected
network drive when you choose File - Open. The fact that the speed varies would tend to support the idea that the resource is there sometimes, but not others. What versions of Word and Windows are you running? Other than that possibility, I'd have to agree with Graham that 15,000 files is a lot to have in a single folder. Note that I did find these statements confusing, and possibly at odds: I find files very quickly and efficiently this way and windows search function is slow and especially slow for my use. Windows explorer doesn't take so long to pull up the file list. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Huck Rorick" wrote in message ... Thanks for the reply. I guess if that is the only way to solve the problem, that is what I have to do. However, it is not the most efficient or convenient way for me to work. I find files very quickly and efficiently this way and windows search function is slow and especially slow for my use. I do maintain subfolders for certain categories of documents. Huck "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You need to split up that ridiculously large folder and make proper use of sub folders and the search facility Windows provides. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Huck wrote: When I click FileOpen it often (but not always) takes 1- 2 full minutes to come up with the list of files. There are about 15,000 files (3 GB). Windows explorer doesn't take so long to pull up the file list. Is this an inherent problem with word, or is something else going on? How can I fix this? I like to have all my word files in one directory as it makes it easy for me to find them. Any help would be appreciated. Huck |
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FileOpen takes 2 minutes
I'm running Word 2002 and Windows XP Professional.
How would I check if it is looking for a disconnected network drive? I don't see how that would be the case since it eventually finds the drive. regarding the comments I made. Having the 15,000 files in one folder works for me because of the way I have the files organized. I use a naming convention that makes it easy to find what I need. If I put them in different folders then I have to do multiple searches (first look in one folder, then the next). By experience I know that I miss some files in that way. An ability I miss with windows explorer, is the ability to look at all files in multiple folders at the same time (i.e. as though they were all in one folder) organized alphabetically or by date or file type, etc. Windows explorer doesn't bog down on the 15,000 files. MS Word does. That seems odd to me. Huck "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... Another possibility is that Word is trying to reconnect to a disconnected network drive when you choose File - Open. The fact that the speed varies would tend to support the idea that the resource is there sometimes, but not others. What versions of Word and Windows are you running? Other than that possibility, I'd have to agree with Graham that 15,000 files is a lot to have in a single folder. Note that I did find these statements confusing, and possibly at odds: I find files very quickly and efficiently this way and windows search function is slow and especially slow for my use. Windows explorer doesn't take so long to pull up the file list. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Huck Rorick" wrote in message ... Thanks for the reply. I guess if that is the only way to solve the problem, that is what I have to do. However, it is not the most efficient or convenient way for me to work. I find files very quickly and efficiently this way and windows search function is slow and especially slow for my use. I do maintain subfolders for certain categories of documents. Huck "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You need to split up that ridiculously large folder and make proper use of sub folders and the search facility Windows provides. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Huck wrote: When I click FileOpen it often (but not always) takes 1- 2 full minutes to come up with the list of files. There are about 15,000 files (3 GB). Windows explorer doesn't take so long to pull up the file list. Is this an inherent problem with word, or is something else going on? How can I fix this? I like to have all my word files in one directory as it makes it easy for me to find them. Any help would be appreciated. Huck |
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