Excel, Notes, Recording is slooooowww

swingheim · 04-01-03, 05:15 PM

I am about to perform a hard-reset, and start loading all my software... again. (I did a hard-reset a week ago)

When I run Excel, Notes, or record, it either locks up, or opens the application after 2-3 minutes. I have 12.61 MB Free for storage, and 20.51 MB free for Programs... seems this should not be a problem.

I am running Icbar, but disabled it, and still experienced the same problem. No other software running in the background either.

Anyone else experience this?

ceej13 · 04-01-03, 05:17 PM

Well with Excel, it takes awhile to load if the file is large. I'm not sure about the rest of it yet.

swingheim · 04-01-03, 05:30 PM

I was just trying to launch the program--without loading any files.

I think I may have solved it:

I read up on the "What is the ignore_my_documents file?" on this message board, and it said:

Quote:

The “ignore_my_documents” file is a hidden, zero-byte file that is created by the Pocket PC 2002 OS when you save a document from Pocket Word or Pocket Excel to a storage card that has no My Documents folder on it. This can cause problems if you later create a “My Documents” folder on that card. When you try to store a document, your Pocket PC becomes confused about where to store it, and this causes a slowdown or an “infinite hour-glass” problem.

Well, I use a 256 MB CF card, went and created the "My Documents" folder, and deleted that pesky file, and now everything appears to be back in normal running order.

I don't know if this was the problem or not-- the only other thing I did was to delete some garbage recorded files, and Sync my Axim. Hmmm....

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