My laptop computer loads my Excel files v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y. All of my Excel spreadsheets don't do this...just some but it takes FOREVER to pull some of them up. Do you have any suggestions as to what my problem might be? My computer is defragged regularly and it is VIRUS and adware protected.That depends on how complicate and how big the excel files are, do you have links to many files and number crunching formulae?

Does your excel app open OK on itself? If only certain files then they must be big and complicated. Thank you for your prompt reply.

Most of the files with which I am having DIFFICULTIES are NOT complicated. As a matter of fact, they have no formulas or links. And...I seem to have no problem with the large files opening. 'Just the small STUFF. (Strange, huh?)

I appreciate your help!Yes strange, I susppect those files are "not quite right", can you LOCATE one of those small files and copy the work sheets to a new excel file. Doing this has solved my problems in the PAST.