Re: Mapped drive causing delay in Word when going "file > open"

Under Word|Options change the file locations to use local folders.


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"Paul" wrote:
> Hi, I've got a mapped network drive to a server and it's working fine,
> however every time I go to open an Office document like in Word, I
> click File and Open, and the usual browse window takes a lot longer to
> appear because it's trying to connect to my mapped drive every time.
>
> Usually I don't want to save work in the mapped drive, so I really
> want a way to force it to not connect automatically...
>
> Any ideas would be really welcome. thanks.
>
> Paul