Why would opening files be VERY slow?

[Reverend]

This is not just true when double clicking, say a Word doc, it's also true when right clicking to get the menu. The machine is running a lot of services so it might simply be short of resources but if anyone has other suggestions, I'd like to hear them.

Thanks - rev

[Train]

Takes time for office programs to start up. Whether M$ or OfficeLibre. They are not small either. OfficeLibre eats about 20 MB of ram.

[Midknyte]

What are the system specs?

What are you seeing in the Task Manager - Performance?

What apps do you have running at startup?

Did you run a virus/malware scan?

[Reverend]

What are the system specs?
HP pavilion 23, x64, win10, 8 gig ram

What are you seeing in the Task Manager - Performance?
cpu 5%, mem 3.2 used of 7.9

What apps do you have running at startup?
none, i shut them all down

Did you run a virus/malware scan?
Yes, several different progs, noting found

[Midknyte]

The system doesn't look short of resources.

Did you look in Event Viewer for errors?

It wouldn't hurt to run a hard drive diag either.