error message in Vista

[Bstrader]

Since recently "restoring to an earlier date" my Toshiba laptop, almost every
time I try to open or close a program I get the message "Windows Explorer is
not responding. Do you wish to (1) Restart the program. (2) Stop the
progran. (3) Wait for the program to respond. This even happens when I
click on the Start button. It is so frustrating and time consuming. I have
defragged and compacted files, got rid of temp files and run a check for
spyware. Does anyone know why this is happening and how I can correct it?

 

[Ronc]

Some routine repair things to try:
reboot
c: drive properties (disk cleanup and tools/error-checking)
command prompt: sfc /scannow
Karen's Registry Pruner
windows update (if you went back too far)