SP2 'Breaks' Windows Explorer???

[Courtney]

Hello. I just did a fresh install of XP Pro, and then I
installed SP2 right after. Everything is fine, except
that my Windows Explorer utility is having problems. I
have two physical Hard Drives and the second HD has two
Partitions. In Windows Explorer, when I click on the left
hand pane, to see the last partition of the second HD,
Drive G:\, Windows Explorer takes a significant time to
show the contents of Drive G:\-about 2-3 minutes. And if
I click on Windows Explorer while it hangs, it crashes
and takes down Explorer.exe as well (thought, after a few
seconds I return to a normal desktop.) But if I wait it
out, eventually G: drive contents shows up but, I have to
wait way TOO Long!

But this problem doesn't occur if I use 'My Computer'
icon on the desktop. I can click on G:\ drive w/o any
problems. And if I'm in Windows Explorer and I first
click on My Computer first, and then click on the G:\
drive icon on the RIGHT side pane, no problems. Only when
I click on G:\ drive on the left do I get issues. BTW, I
first tried out SP2 after I upgraded from a XP install
with SP1a and I never had this problem. Only after the
fresh XP install?

Anyone have any ideas of what I can try to do to fix
this? Thanks a million

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

Hello. I just did a fresh install of XP Pro, and then I
installed SP2 right after. Everything is fine, except
that my Windows Explorer utility is having problems. I
have two physical Hard Drives and the second HD has two
Partitions. In Windows Explorer, when I click on the left
hand pane, to see the last partition of the second HD,
Drive G:\, Windows Explorer takes a significant time to
show the contents of Drive G:\-about 2-3 minutes. And if
I click on Windows Explorer while it hangs, it crashes
and takes down Explorer.exe as well (thought, after a few
seconds I return to a normal desktop.) But if I wait it
out, eventually G: drive contents shows up but, I have to
wait way TOO Long!

Courtney,

do you have no third party software installed at all? Or did you
install something in terms of multimedia software, codecs, Dr.
DivX?

If no software, I suspect a deep-seated problem with that drive,
some defective disk structure or even a hardware error. I would
check the cables, run a check on that disk, etc.

Can you try to empty the offending partition, remove it, then
recreate it and copy the data back?

Hans-Georg

 

[Jamie Clark]

I am also having Windows Explorer issues since SP2. After
I installed it on my HP nc6000 laptop, explorer.exe will
hang periodically, usually after doing something that
trips one of the new security features (like running an
exe by double-clicking it). The only way I have been able
to recover is by rebooting; killing explorer.exe doesn't
work.

I am browsing the forums looking for others like me.

Jamie

 

[Bob Gomersall]

Another SP2 / Windows Explorer problem. Bringing up the 'Properties' for a
drive letter shows the standard details. Doing this on a folder (any
folder) does nothing - no properties dialog box. Luckily it does not hang
Explorer.

Bob.

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

Another SP2 / Windows Explorer problem. Bringing up the 'Properties' for a
drive letter shows the standard details. Doing this on a folder (any
folder) does nothing - no properties dialog box. Luckily it does not hang
Explorer.

Bob,

not generally. I don't have this problem, for example.

If all else fails, try a repair installation. Check
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSP2.htm for details.

Hans-Georg