>Good day Jim,
>Yeah, I get that behavior when changing that setting - it is crazy!!! Apparently it resets the session object in IE
>
>I have not figured out why the delay exactly, but it seems to be correlated to correct drive mappings, service pack levels on client and server, and anti-virus software. Also, there seems to be a fix at http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;839883&spid=2488&sid=global specifically to XP and Office 2003, and here is one specific for Windows 2000 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321126
>
>>Hi Ric,
>
>>
>>That does speed things up considerably, but still 6-8 seconds per directory. It's simply instantaneous when the (apparently) same dialog is used through other programs like VFP, SnagIt even with the old setting.
>>
>>Strangely, too, I went and did this while having your message up here and as soon as I clicked "Apply" and again later when I clicked OK on the same dialogue the UT page went blank and I had to do a Refresh to get it!@!#@$!#@ It baffles me why MS interlinks apparently disparate software 'tools'.
>>
>>Anyway, I'll leave it that way and see if I lose anything.
>>
>>cheers
>>
>>
>>>This might help:
>>>
>>>Open 'My Computer'
>>>Go to Tools | Folder Options . . .
>>>Click on the View tab
>>>Uncheck the first option on the list (Automatically Search for Network....)
>>>Click Apply, then click Apply to all Folders
>>>OK out of the dialog.
>>>
>>>Let me know if this helps!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>When I see this it is virtually always with MSWord or anything that 'runs off' Explorer.
>>>>It's a real PITA and what I've done many times now is to save it quickly in the "My documents" directory (the one that always comes up) then use Explorer to drag/drop it to where I really want it.
>>>>
>>>>I hope someone knows the cure < s >
>>>>
>>>>cheers
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>A lot of our workstations are having this issue. When you pull up a dialog box to switch directories, the box pops up quick, but when you click in the "look in" part or click the little arrow to switch to a different directory, it takes like about a whole minute before it pulls it up to switch. If you pick one you can then change to others doing it again and it is ok, but when you have not done it for a period of time, it does the delay again. Does anyone know why this does this and anything I can set to make it quit doing this?


I looked for such setting and that does not show up as an option in my list. I'm not sure if it is because we run Novell for our network that the option didn't appear, but for the sake of trying, I did a reset all defaults and then just added back the 'see hidden files' and it seems OK now, few seconds, but way better than a whole minute.