thanks, but even creating a new profile and setting it as default didn't
make any difference.

the "File...Edit...View...etc" menu still comes up below the button menu,
for example, which has been happening since the slowdown, even though I always
drag them back into place.

i find on timing it that i have exaggerated a little as it's only three minutes
to start up on my new machine, but on a Pentium D with 1 gb of memory etc
etc this is still pretty bad.

any more ideas?

steve

try a new profile to see if it helps.

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"steve m" wrote in message
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Everything was fine for years, then suddenly it just started taking 5
to 10 minutes to start up. It's literally "go away and make a cup of
coffee" - that's what I do.