Start Menu Bar Hang Up

[lisamok]

dear all,

i'm using windows xp pro. today when i click on the "Recent
Documents" folder at the Start Menu, the whole Start Menu got hung
up. another applications were well very slowly. then i went into the
%homeprofile%/Recent folder, i saw there are 217 shortcut files
inside. what is the problem with the "Recent" folder? pls help!

thx in advance.

 

[SingaporeWebDesign]

Hello,

Perhaps you might want to try deleting all the shortcuts in the Recent menu
(except Desktop.ini)

My suspicion is that one of the shortcuts is pointing to a network drive.

Somebody will have to advise us whether there are any other alternatives to
your problem.

 

[Guest]

dear all,

i'm using windows xp pro. today when i click on the "Recent
Documents" folder at the Start Menu, the whole Start Menu got hung
up. another applications were well very slowly. then i went into the
%homeprofile%/Recent folder, i saw there are 217 shortcut files
inside. what is the problem with the "Recent" folder? pls help!

thx in advance.

Does this appear in safe Mode if you tried?.
Scan for malwares on your system and be sure there is no corruption for a
file or a shortcut pointing to this file/folder.
Run a chkdsk on your drive.
HTH.
Let us know.
Regards,
nass

 

[lisamok]

i did the scandisk and i did't see there were any lost file link and
etc. tried to click on the "Recent", still failed. then i moved out
all the shortcuts from the "Recent" folder, and the Start Menu doesn't
hang when i click on the empty "Recent Doc". any advices? many thx!

 

[Guest]

i did the scandisk and i did't see there were any lost file link and
etc. tried to click on the "Recent", still failed. then i moved out
all the shortcuts from the "Recent" folder, and the Start Menu doesn't
hang when i click on the empty "Recent Doc". any advices? many thx!

So That Confirm that there is a shortcut corrupted try to Put them back One
-By-one and see which Shortcut will cause the Hang-up.
Look for the shortcut for a floppy or CD that can cause this sort of Hang up
as they don't exist on your HDD, they need to be read and opened from their
prospective Storage device for the shortcut to open it right without hangs.

 

[lisamok]

many thx, nass. i'll try to check those shortcuts then.

 

[Guest]

many thx, nass. i'll try to check those shortcuts then.

Good luck, I know it is a lot of shortcuts but you can be selective and
start with the ones you think they opened from a Floppy or CD/DVD.
Regards,
nass