Can't delete by right clicking in windows xp

I run Windows xp, servpk2, and IE7. After I down loaded "Adobe Reader
8.0" it placed an icon on my desktop which will not delete when I right

click on it with my mouse. I un installed the program but the icon is
still on my desktop and in the Start>All Programs menu, "Adobe Reader
8.0" is listed but again I can't delete it by right clicking on it.
What does happen is my hourglass pops up and then after a few seconds
my desktop and taskbar reset. It seems that if I right click on
anything in my taskbar or in the programs list, instead of getting a
menu like: open;delete;send to; etc. I get the hourglass and a reset on

my desktop and tastbar. Any help anyone can give me would be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks, John

I fixed the problem using a program called "ShellExView". Instuctions
were posted at: http://windows.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm. It was a
problem with a "context menu handler" that came from "ShredXP" a
shredding program I had installed and hadn't used.
My thanks to all who took time to help out.
John

JoHpr13 wrote:
> I run Windows xp, servpk2, and IE7. After I down loaded "Adobe Reader
> 8.0" it placed an icon on my desktop which will not delete when I right
>
> click on it with my mouse. I un installed the program but the icon is
> still on my desktop and in the Start>All Programs menu, "Adobe Reader
> 8.0" is listed but again I can't delete it by right clicking on it.
> What does happen is my hourglass pops up and then after a few seconds
> my desktop and taskbar reset. It seems that if I right click on
> anything in my taskbar or in the programs list, instead of getting a
> menu like: open;delete;send to; etc. I get the hourglass and a reset on
>
> my desktop and tastbar. Any help anyone can give me would be greatly
> appreciated.
> Thanks, John