dragging/dropping a thumbnail takes long time?

[dkb]

Right clicking and moving a thumbnail DOES NOT show the ghost image of
the thumbnail that normally goes along while dragging. Now without this
ghost image once dropped to another folder and then the dropping takes a
long time to get the menu (copy here/Move here/create shortcut here and
Cancel). This happens when one is in the Search Results
Thumbnail-window.The time is so delayed that one would feel that the
dragging/dropping has failed. It is only patience that later tells that
the action has not failed.

Ran REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL but with no results.
Any guidance on this please.
My RAM is 1GB.
dkb

 

[John Inzer]

Right clicking and moving a thumbnail DOES NOT show the
ghost image of the thumbnail that normally goes along
while dragging. Now without this ghost image once dropped
to another folder and then the dropping takes a long time
to get the menu (copy here/Move here/create shortcut here
and Cancel). This happens when one is in the Search
Results Thumbnail-window.The time is so delayed that one
would feel that the dragging/dropping has failed. It is
only patience that later tells that the action has not
failed.

Ran REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL but with no results.
Any guidance on this please.
My RAM is 1GB.
dkb

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Just some suggestions.....

Do you happen to have Adobe PhotoShop or
Elements installed?

If you do...right click on a .jpg file and choose
Properties. Click the Photoshop Image tab
and uncheck the "Generate Thumbnails" button,
then click OK.

Also...tt may be worthwhile to do some
maintenance:

Running Disk Cleanup, Error Checking and
Defrag on a regular schedule is a good idea.

(310312) Description of the Disk Cleanup
Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310312

(315265) How to Perform Disk Error Checking
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315265
(check the two boxes..."Automatically fix file
system errors" and "Scan for and attempt
recovery of bad sectors") the utility will run
the next time you restart your computer.
(run error checking repeatedly until it finds
no errors)

(314848) How to Defragment Your Disk
Drive Volumes in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314848

Also...the following links may offer some ideas:

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

Working with Context Menus, Open-with
and Send To menu
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/context.htm

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[dkb]

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Just some suggestions.....

Do you happen to have Adobe PhotoShop or
Elements installed?

If you do...right click on a .jpg file and choose
Properties. Click the Photoshop Image tab
and uncheck the "Generate Thumbnails" button,
then click OK.

Also...tt may be worthwhile to do some maintenance:

Running Disk Cleanup, Error Checking and Defrag on a regular schedule is
a good idea.

(310312) Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310312

(315265) How to Perform Disk Error Checking in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315265
(check the two boxes..."Automatically fix file system errors" and "Scan
for and attempt recovery of bad sectors") the utility will run
the next time you restart your computer.
(run error checking repeatedly until it finds no errors)

(314848) How to Defragment Your Disk Drive Volumes in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314848

Also...the following links may offer some ideas:

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

Working with Context Menus, Open-with and Send To menu
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/context.htm

I have neither Adobe Photo shop or elements. I have however Adobe Photo
Deluxe Home Edition 3.1 that came bundled a long time back with some
hardware.
All other instructions that have been indicated I shall follow soon
today and report accordingly.
Thanks for the instructions.
dkb