I have an Access 2000 mdb file which opens MS Word docs using automation.
Our WAN is somewhat slow, and it takes about six seconds to open Word and
the specified document (20 KB) from within Access using automation. I also
noticed that if I use Shell to open Winword and the document, or if I just
enter the document name from a Command window, it also takes 6 seconds.
However, if I double-click on the file from Windows Explorer to open Word
and the file, it only takes 4 seconds.
Any ideas as to why opening the file from Windows Explorer is faster than
any of the other above-mentioned methods?
Thanks.