explorer.exe hangs on right-clicks

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Steve

hi
can anyone help with a strange problem my system is having
at the moment..................

everytime i right-click on a folder thats on my desktop
(or a filoe within a folder), the hour glass stays on and
nothing more happens. sometimes i stop/restart
explorer.exe which keeps the windows session alive, but
sometimes even that doesn't help - just have to reboot.

any ideas would be greatly appreciated

many thanks
Steve
 
Steve said:
everytime i right-click on a folder thats on my desktop
(or a filoe within a folder), the hour glass stays on and
nothing more happens. sometimes i stop/restart
explorer.exe which keeps the windows session alive, but
sometimes even that doesn't help - just have to reboot.
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Check your startup settings to find out if a program running in the
background is causing this. Applications that start with Windows can
be found here:
- the WIN.INI, section [windows], entries "run=" and "load="
- the Registry keys
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
- the folders
C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ALL USERS\START MENU\PROGRAMS\STARTUP
C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\{username}\START MENU\PROGRAMS\STARTUP
See also "How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows
XP" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310560) and "How to Perform a
Clean Boot in Windows XP" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310353).
 
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