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Microsoft Office Picture Manager takes a lot of time to load

Is your Microsoft office manager taking way too much time to load?

The reason behind it is that  the picture manager keeps track of the most recently used paths, and if any of these paths is no longer available, the software will stall for a long period.
The most possible scenario is that you have accessed a folder over the network, and you are no longer able to access that location.
The fix is rather simple.

On windows XP, go to c: -> documents and settings -> username (your login) -> local settings -> application data -> Microsoft -> OIS
Open the file ‘oiscatalog.cag’ with our favorite text editor (e.g. notepad) and delete any line pointing to a remote location.
You might as well delete that file, and it will be recreated upon starting the software again.

PS: if you’re on vista, the path to that file is C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OIS

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8 Responses to “Microsoft Office Picture Manager takes a lot of time to load”

  1. Mick says:
    November 15, 2012 at 11:50 AM

    Great fix – easy to follow and worked a treat. Thank you

  2. George says:
    May 20, 2012 at 10:26 AM

    Great fix. Thanks. Works a treat on windows 7.

  3. gmckib says:
    May 14, 2012 at 3:23 PM

    I have Vista; neither the path nor the file mentioned even exists in my computer.

  4. Pete in CO says:
    January 28, 2012 at 10:51 PM

    Worked like a champ, thank you!!

  5. Rob in NZ says:
    August 10, 2011 at 9:54 AM

    Thanks – renamed the file as alternate to deleting it. Restarted Picture Manager and all good. Brilliant.

  6. Cisco says:
    June 27, 2011 at 3:51 PM

    Thanks!! Worked great.

  7. mahesh says:
    March 21, 2011 at 11:41 AM

    thanks works awesome

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    April 4, 2010 at 8:05 AM

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