Explorer crashes when right click on any pic file

[Bill McCartney]

Running XP pro with service pk 1.
No matter where on my drive or drives a pic file is,when I right click
it explorer crashes. This happens with *all* pic formats. I am able to
double click and open the files though. When trying to delete a pic file
I have to highlight and use the explorer delete button. I can right
click all other file formats on any drive without this problem.
What the F%*# is happing here? Anybody got an idea?
TIA,

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Bill McCartney
Union City, Georgia

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[John Inzer]

Running XP pro with service pk 1.
No matter where on my drive or drives a pic file is,when
I right click it explorer crashes. This happens with
*all* pic formats. I am able to double click and open the
files though. When trying to delete a pic file I have to
highlight and use the explorer delete button. I can right
click all other file formats on any drive without this
problem. What the F%*# is happing here? Anybody got an idea?
TIA,

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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.

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[Bill McCartney]

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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.

John,
I have ActiveShare and PhotoDeluxe Bussiness edition installed. (both Adobe)
Problem is though,I can't right click any pic files. .bmp/.jpg/.tif/
etc. without crashing Explorer.
Any other suggestions?

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Bill McCartney
Union City, Georgia

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[John Inzer]

John,
I have ActiveShare and PhotoDeluxe Bussiness edition
installed. (both Adobe) Problem is though,I can't right
click any pic files. .bmp/.jpg/.tif/ etc. without crashing Explorer.
Any other suggestions?

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Sorry, Bill....that's all I could think of.
Maybe someone else will offer an idea.

I guess you ran a full system virus scan
using the most recent definitions?

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[Bill McCartney]

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Sorry, Bill....that's all I could think of.
Maybe someone else will offer an idea.

I guess you ran a full system virus scan
using the most recent definitions?

Yes,I've ran several different virus progs and several different spyware
and trojan progs as well.
I think I will uninstall all the image programs on the system and see
what happens after I clean the registry of leftover entries.
If that doesn't help,I may have to post this in the "General" newsgroup.
Mayhaps someone else will have a suggestion though.
Thanks for the suggestion of PhotoShop though. It did give me the idea
to uninstall all the various image programs on my system.
Thanks,


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Bill McCartney
Union City, Georgia

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[John Inzer]

Yes,I've ran several different virus progs and several
different spyware and trojan progs as well.
I think I will uninstall all the image programs on the
system and see what happens after I clean the registry of
leftover entries. If that doesn't help,I may have to post this in the
"General" newsgroup. Mayhaps someone else will have a
suggestion though. Thanks for the suggestion of PhotoShop though. It did
give me the idea to uninstall all the various image
programs on my system. Thanks,

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If you discover the fix, please share it
with this group.

You may have to contact MS Support:

Windows XP Support Center
http://tinyurl.com/5dsq
(click the Need More Help button
in the upper right of the screen)

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John Inzer
Picture It! MVP
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http://tinyurl.com/2po2o

Digital Image Support Center
http://tinyurl.com/3xxqg

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

In addition to John's advice:

See if a context-menu handler is causing the problem:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm

Follow Method 2 - "ShellExView" part.

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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

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Sorry, Bill....that's all I could think of.
Maybe someone else will offer an idea.

I guess you ran a full system virus scan
using the most recent definitions?

Yes,I've ran several different virus progs and several different spyware
and trojan progs as well.
I think I will uninstall all the image programs on the system and see
what happens after I clean the registry of leftover entries.
If that doesn't help,I may have to post this in the "General" newsgroup.
Mayhaps someone else will have a suggestion though.
Thanks for the suggestion of PhotoShop though. It did give me the idea
to uninstall all the various image programs on my system.
Thanks,


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Bill McCartney
Union City, Georgia

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[Bill McCartney]

In addition to John's advice:

See if a context-menu handler is causing the problem:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm

Follow Method 2 - "ShellExView" part.

Ramesh,
Thanks,Excellent program. Found the problem in a matter of minutes. It
was pretaining to the external "ORB" drives I have installed.
Here's the Info:

Shell Extension Sample
Copy Hook Handler
Shell DLL 1, 0, 0, 1
SHELLEXT
Dynamic Link Library
OnSpec Electronics Inc
C:\ORBDRIVE\SHELLEXT.DLL

I simply renamed the file and every thing seems to be working fine.
Thanks again,

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Bill McCartney
Union City, Georgia

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[Ramesh [MVP]]

Most welcome, Bill. Thanks for the feedback!

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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

In addition to John's advice:

See if a context-menu handler is causing the problem:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm

Follow Method 2 - "ShellExView" part.

Ramesh,
Thanks,Excellent program. Found the problem in a matter of minutes. It
was pretaining to the external "ORB" drives I have installed.
Here's the Info:

Shell Extension Sample
Copy Hook Handler
Shell DLL 1, 0, 0, 1
SHELLEXT
Dynamic Link Library
OnSpec Electronics Inc
C:\ORBDRIVE\SHELLEXT.DLL

I simply renamed the file and every thing seems to be working fine.
Thanks again,

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Bill McCartney
Union City, Georgia

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