Context menus have disappeared!

[David Morris Evans]

Any insight on why my context menus have disappeared and how I can recover
them?

Right click on my mouse is set to default in Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer
2.0

 

[WTC]

Any insight on why my context menus have disappeared and how I can
recover them?

See if the following article helps.

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

[Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MVP]

 

[David Morris Evans]

Thanks for the help - I followed the instructions and nothing seems to have
changed ... I tried using both methods described, but to no avail

Should I get a Registry Cleanup tool?
--
Dai Evans
Laguna Beach, CA

Any insight on why my context menus have disappeared and how I can
recover them?

See if the following article helps.

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

[Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MVP]

 

[David Morris Evans]

Thanks for the reply - I guess I should ask what you mena by "a lot"?! I open
5-10 Explorer tabs at the most

 

[WTC]

Thanks for the help - I followed the instructions and nothing seems
to have changed ... I tried using both methods described, but to no
avail

A few more questions:

Is there a context menu (right-click) for files and folders?

Do you see the Toolbar menus in Windows Explorer (File | Edit | etc.)
and for other applications?

Do you have Service Pack 2 or higher for Windows XP installed? If you
do, can you disable all third-party add-ons to see if the problem still
occurring?

How to manage Internet Explorer add-ons in Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=883256

Should I get a Registry Cleanup tool?

I wouldn't use a reg cleaner on any computer since they /may/ cause you
more grief.

 

[VanguardLH]

Thanks for the reply - I guess I should ask what you mena by "a lot"?! I open
5-10 Explorer tabs at the most

Well, that's not really a lot. I meant like a couple dozen, or more.
Take a look at Task Manager to see how much memory is currently consumed
by iexplore.exe. Unlike Google Chrome (relatively new) which runs each
tab in its own process, IE runs all tabs under the same instance of
iexplore.exe. When there are memory leaks (due to non-closure in
Javascripts or IE not releasing GDI resources), memory consumption in IE
continues to grow. If you use IE for many hours at a time, its memory
can become quite large and cause it to crash. You might want to add the
GDI Objects to the columns shown in Task Manager's Processes tab. You
will see that IE does not release all GDI objects when a page that
created them is closed. The more pages you visit and the longer you
leave that instance of iexplore.exe loaded to view all those pages, the
bigger iexplore.exe will get.

 

[VanguardLH]

Well, that's not really a lot. I meant like a couple dozen, or more.
Take a look at Task Manager to see how much memory is currently consumed
by iexplore.exe. Unlike Google Chrome (relatively new) which runs each
tab in its own process, IE runs all tabs under the same instance of
iexplore.exe. When there are memory leaks (due to non-closure in
Javascripts or IE not releasing GDI resources), memory consumption in IE
continues to grow. If you use IE for many hours at a time, its memory
can become quite large and cause it to crash. You might want to add the
GDI Objects to the columns shown in Task Manager's Processes tab. You
will see that IE does not release all GDI objects when a page that
created them is closed. The more pages you visit and the longer you
leave that instance of iexplore.exe loaded to view all those pages, the
bigger iexplore.exe will get.

You didn't mention if the context menus were ever available, if they
were available and disappeared permanently, or if they disappear when
using IE and then reappear after you manage to exit IE.