Couple week ago I faced with the problem that any MS office app - Word, Outlook, Excel, Power Point hangs when any of File Dialogs appears.
Finally I solved my problem:
Issue is connected to the non accessible network drive case and in my case caused by
the BizTalk BTSAsmExt.dll COM component which creates kind of system folder/drive for only bizTalk DLLs in GAC
BizTalk Assembly Viewer component:
Looks like feature is not compartible with MS Office :)
In order to uninstall it just run something like:
regsvr32 /u BTSAsmExt.dll
Or read more detailed instructions here:
Now I can enjoy Open/Save File feature of MS Office package