Windows 10: I cannot find any of my Word and Excel documents in Windows 10

I recently noticed that all my Microsoft Office components are greyed out in the Start Menu. Now I cannot get the programs to open. If I go to Documents and search for the file it tells me it cannot find that file and maybe I've typed it in wrong, but I haven't. I have Office 2016 Professional but log into Office 365 for work. Can you please help? What has gone wrong?

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Word and Excel documents are slow to open in Windows 10

Have the same problem, here are my conditions:

- Windows 10 Professional x64.

- Office 2007 Ultimate.

- Opening Word and Excel documents is slow when Word/Excel not currently open/running.

- Opening the Word/Excel document with Word/Excel already open is fast/normal.

Solution is the same as reported:

1) Disable Cortana.

2) Restart Windows.

Step 2 is very important.

 

Word and Excel documents are slow to open in Windows 10

in my case, I don't need to restart windows. Closing cortana completely will make opening word and excel files fast like usual.

 

ALL OF MY EXCEL & WORD DOC FILES

Hi Daniel,

We would like to know more about your concern. For better assistance, please answer the following questions:

• What is the build and version of your Windows 10?
• What troubleshooting steps have you tried so far?
• Are the Excel and Word documents the only files affected?

Regards.