After a lot of fiddling about, I have found 2 things that make a difference.

1. Remove the network cable from my PC. Then the 2 line script runs in ~5 seconds.

2. Modify C:\Perl\site\lib\Win32\OLE\Const.pm, and change this line:
return unless -f $filename || $filename !~ /^\w:\\.*\.(exe|dll)$/;
to this:
return unless $filename !~ /^\w:\\.*\.(exe|dll)$/;
and the 2 liner runs almost instantaneously.

Should I just do the second fix, and not worry about it, or is there a 'proper' way to sort this out?

Thanks,
Spike.

In reply to Re^2: Over a minute to do: use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Excel'; by spikey_wan
in thread Over a minute to do: use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Excel'; by spikey_wan

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