Right click context menu's are slow

[James]

Hi,

How come when i right click on a file (any file type) in file explorer, it
takes about 20-30 seconds to load my context menu? i tried using ShellExView
to disable all the "Context Menu" items for all my 3rd party software, but i
still have this problem. any suggestions on what other types in ShellExView
might be causing this would be helpfull. i started to notice this problem
after i installed Visual Studio 6. i have all the patchs and updates for all
of my software. any suggestions would be great!

James

 

[Ricky]

Maybe this will help..
Right-click is slow or weird behavior caused by context menu handlers:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/slowrightclick.htm

 

[James]

thats where i got the ShellExView tool from. i followed their directions on
what to do with ShellExView. but i still have this problem...

 

[James]

anyone know of the other "types" i can try disabiling in ShellExView? it
said that ms products shoudn't be the cause. but if i remember correctly,
this started to happen after i installed Microsoft Visual Studio 6. any
suggestions?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Give this page a try as well:
Right-click is extremely slow only when Network is enabled:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/rcdelay.htm

Right-click is slow or weird behavior caused by context menu handlers:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootlist/208.htm#4

Right click crashes Explorer.exe after installing Windows XP SP2?:
http://www.winxptutor.com/sp2/divxcrash.htm

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com