Deletion problems regarding folders and files

[Guest]

Hi All

Really hope you can help. Have spent last 7 hours trying to sort this and
have run out of ideas other than a full re-install.

Whenever I right click on a folder/ file the window stops responding and the
only way to get rid of it is to go to the task manager and end task. This
also occurs if I press delete on any file or folder. I can copy files/folders
and view them as per normal but any attempt to change results in the
folder/file window freezing (although if I update a file i.e. word document)
this does not seem cause a freeze).

I have scanned the computer from top to bottom with Mcafee/AVG/Symantec and
Adaware/ Spybot and nothing has been picked up. I use Zonealarm in conjunctio
with Mcafee all the time and I haven't installed anything recently. I have
even used the SFC command in command prompt to try see if any protected files
had been corrupted.

The only clue might be in that I have two partitions on the HD and C:/ [2GB]
which contains a non-activated copy of my windows is constantly stating that
it is running out of space (from 2 days ago). Nothing on the scans though.

Any ideas much appreciated

 

[Malke]

Hi All

Really hope you can help. Have spent last 7 hours trying to sort this
and have run out of ideas other than a full re-install.

Whenever I right click on a folder/ file the window stops responding
and the only way to get rid of it is to go to the task manager and end
task. This also occurs if I press delete on any file or folder. I can
copy files/folders and view them as per normal but any attempt to
change results in the folder/file window freezing (although if I
update a file i.e. word document) this does not seem cause a freeze).

I have scanned the computer from top to bottom with
Mcafee/AVG/Symantec and Adaware/ Spybot and nothing has been picked
up. I use Zonealarm in conjunctio with Mcafee all the time and I
haven't installed anything recently. I have even used the SFC command
in command prompt to try see if any protected files had been
corrupted.

The only clue might be in that I have two partitions on the HD and C:/
[2GB] which contains a non-activated copy of my windows is constantly
stating that it is running out of space (from 2 days ago). Nothing on
the scans though.

Start here:

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

Right click causes an error and crashes Explorer.exe after installing
Windows XP SP2 - http://www.winxptutor.com/sp2/divxcrash.htm

Manage the context-menu entries for folders, drives and Namespace
objects - http://windowsxp.mvps.org/context_folders.htm

Malke

 

[Guest]

Thanks Malke

The second suggestion fixed everything. Much appreciated

 

[Malke]

Thanks Malke

The second suggestion fixed everything. Much appreciated

Excellent! I'm so glad you got it fixed. Thanks for taking the time to
let me know.

Malke