Cursor hangs on "send to"

[1mikec]

When I right click on a folder and move the cursor down it hangs for a
second or two on "send to".
There's 8 options in the drop box that opens.

When I go to C:\Documents and Settings\MY user name\SendTo there's
only 4 options there.
When I go to C:\Documents and Settings\DEFAULTuser\SendTo there's
only 3 options there.

Can someone tell me:
1) How to fix the hanging?
2) Why the difference (3 vs 4 vs 8 shortcuts)?

Mike C

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Depends on what is actually on your Send To menu.

For one thing, Send To
3 1/2 Floppy (A or Removable Disk or a CD burner are not listed in any
SendTo folder.

By default, the Send To menu in Windows XP lists the following commands
(destinations):
* Compressed (zipped) Folder
* Desktop (create shortcut)
* Mail Recipient
* My Documents
* 3 1/2 Floppy (A
* CD Drive

See these...

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

Right-click is extremely slow only when Network is enabled
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/rcdelay.htm

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[1mikec]

Depends on what is actually on your Send To menu.

For one thing, Send To
3 1/2 Floppy (A or Removable Disk or a CD burner are not listed in any
SendTo folder.

By default, the Send To menu in Windows XP lists the following commands
(destinations):
* Compressed (zipped) Folder
* Desktop (create shortcut)
* Mail Recipient
* My Documents
* 3 1/2 Floppy (A
* CD Drive

See these...

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

Right-click is extremely slow only when Network is enabledhttp://windowsxp.mvps.org/rcdelay.htm

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In1mikec <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:







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How can I remove some of the options? (8 is too many.)

 

[1mikec]

How can I remove some of the options? (8 is too many.)- Hide quoted text -

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On my start menu"
* Compressed (zipped) Folder
* Desktop (create shortcut)
* Mail Recipient
* My Documents
* 3 1/2 Floppy (A
* CD Drive
PLUS
*External Disk E
*External Disk F

When I disconnect the external drives the menu options are gone but
the cursor still hangs on "send to".

 

[Wesley Vogel]

I doubt that the removable drives are the problem. But if you want to...

Hide the removable drives from the Send To menu
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/nodrives.htm

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MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Wesley Vogel]

You need to download, install and run ShellExView.

See
Method 2 - Using ShellExView to determine the Context-menu causing the
problem
here
Right-click is slow or weird behavior caused by context menu handlers
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm

There is a link there for NirSoft's ShellExView page.
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html

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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Any chance that the "My Documents" folder for your user profile is relocated to a network share?

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

How can I remove some of the options? (8 is too many.)- Hide quoted text -

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On my start menu"
* Compressed (zipped) Folder
* Desktop (create shortcut)
* Mail Recipient
* My Documents
* 3 1/2 Floppy (A
* CD Drive
PLUS
*External Disk E
*External Disk F

When I disconnect the external drives the menu options are gone but
the cursor still hangs on "send to".

 

[1mikec]

Any chance that the "My Documents" folder for your user profile is relocated to a network share?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshootinghttp://www.winhelponline.com

How can I remove some of the options? (8 is too many.)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

On my start menu"
* Compressed (zipped) Folder
* Desktop (create shortcut)
* Mail Recipient
* My Documents
* 3 1/2 Floppy (A
* CD Drive
PLUS
*External Disk E
*External Disk F

When I disconnect the external drives the menu options are gone but
thecursorstillhangson "send to".- Hide quoted text -

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How do I check if the "My Documents" folder for your user profile is
relocated to a network share?

 

[1mikec]

You need to download, install and run ShellExView.

See
Method 2 - Using ShellExView to determine the Context-menu causing the
problem
here
Right-click is slow or weird behavior caused by context menu handlershttp://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm

There is a link there for NirSoft's ShellExView page.http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In1mikec <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:





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OK, I downloaded ShellExView and opened it.

I tried disabling ALL the "Context Menus" at once and it still hung on
"Sent To"
Does it take a reboot for disable to take effect?

More suggestions please?

 

[Rock]

OK, I downloaded ShellExView and opened it.

I tried disabling ALL the "Context Menus" at once and it still hung on
"Sent To"
Does it take a reboot for disable to take effect?

Reboot and find out.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

How do I check if the "My Documents" folder for your user profile is

relocated to a network share?

Right click on a My Documents shortcut, there may be one on your Desktop,
then click Properties. On the Target tab click the Find Target button. My
Documents folder should open. Look in the Address bar to see the path to
the My Documents folder. If the path is C:\Documents and
Settings\YourNameHere\My Documents then it isn't on a network share.

You can also look at the path in the Target box on the Target tab of My
Documents Properties.

If you are not on a network I doubt that your My Documents folder is located
on a network share. A network share is a location on a computer network,
typically allowing multiple computer users on the same network to have a
centralized space on which to store files.

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Any chance that the "My Documents" folder for your user profile is
relocated to a network share?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshootinghttp://www.winhelponline.com

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On Feb 17, 5:16 pm, "Wesley Vogel" <[email protected]> wrote:

Depends on what is actually on your Send To menu.

For one thing, Send To
3 1/2 Floppy (A or Removable Disk or a CD burner are not listed in
any
SendTo folder.

By default, the Send To menu in Windows XP lists the following commands
(destinations):
* Compressed (zipped) Folder
* Desktop (create shortcut)
* Mail Recipient
* My Documents
* 3 1/2 Floppy (A
* CD Drive

See these...

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

Right-click is extremely slow only when Network is
enabledhttp://windowsxp.mvps.org/rcdelay.htm

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In1mikec <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:

When I right click on a folder and move thecursordown ithangsfor a
second or two on "send to".
There's 8 options in the drop box that opens.

When I go to C:\Documents and Settings\MY user name\SendTo there's
only 4 options there.
When I go to C:\Documents and Settings\DEFAULTuser\SendTo there's
only 3 options there.

Can someone tell me:
1) How to fix the hanging?
2) Why the difference (3 vs 4 vs 8 shortcuts/options)?

Mike C- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

How can I remove some of the options? (8 is too many.)- Hide quoted
text -

- Show quoted text -

On my start menu"
* Compressed (zipped) Folder
* Desktop (create shortcut)
* Mail Recipient
* My Documents
* 3 1/2 Floppy (A
* CD Drive
PLUS
*External Disk E
*External Disk F

When I disconnect the external drives the menu options are gone but
thecursorstillhangson "send to".- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

 

[1mikec]

Any chance that the "My Documents" folder for your user profile is relocated to a network share?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshootinghttp://www.winhelponline.com

How can I remove some of the options? (8 is too many.)- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

On my start menu"
* Compressed (zipped) Folder
* Desktop (create shortcut)
* Mail Recipient
* My Documents
* 3 1/2 Floppy (A
* CD Drive
PLUS
*External Disk E
*External Disk F

When I disconnect the external drives the menu options are gone but
thecursorstillhangson "send to".- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I tried everything you all suggested but it still hangs.
Not your fault but it's really frusrating!