Folders on Desktop don't open

[Guest]

I've tried opening the "My Documents" folder on my desktop and it won't open.
Instead an error message pops up that says that "Dr. Watson has encountered a
problem and has to close," and then my computer freezes. I've noticed that
the same thing happens when I try opening other folders from my desktop;
however I can open programs from my desktop. I can get to the files in "My
Documents" by going to start and then documents, so I know that the files are
not gone.

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

To repair all system files, go to Start/Run, and type (or paste in): SFC /SCANNOW

 

[Guest]

I am having the same problems as C. I did as you suggested and it has not
solved the problem. Any other suggestions?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Eddie,

See if Shellexview helps

Right-click is slow or weird behavior caused by context menu handlers:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm
(Ignore the title)