Wierd Office problem - files open slowly

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Perhaps someone in one of the Office newsgroups can help you.

Ted Zieglar

"BookerW" <BookerW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F4D2E2FD-66ED-4711-A70F-522D1EB799EE@microsoft.com...
>I am sure this points to a machine problem more than office, but it involves
> office, so here it goes:
>
> If I click on an office file, it takes upwards of 10 minutes for the
> document/spreadsheet/powerpoint file to open;
>
> however
>
> if I open up the application first, and then choose to open the
> document/spreadsheet/etc, it opens up right away!!!
>
> anybody ever seen that!

I'm having exactly the same problem. Did you ever find a solution?

If you have System Mechanics in your system, prevent "SMsystemanalyzer.exe" loading on startup. Deleting its registry key is the only way.