explorer & right context menu

[Mel Marcovitz]

Hi:

This problem arose tonight:

Whenever I try to do anything in an explorer window (e.g. using the right
context menu or using the menu access) explorer crashes & sends an error
message to M/S.

I can't seem to access safe mode.

I have tries using system restore but that fails to work. The system
remains the same.

Everything else seems to be working properly.

Have a good day,

Mel Marcovitz

 

[Malke]

Hi:

This problem arose tonight:

Whenever I try to do anything in an explorer window (e.g. using the right
context menu or using the menu access) explorer crashes & sends an error
message to M/S.

I can't seem to access safe mode.

I have tries using system restore but that fails to work. The system
remains the same.

Everything else seems to be working properly.

Right-click issues are most often caused by third-party software that has
put an entry into the right-click context menu. These are most easily
managed with the free ShellExView program.

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html - ShellExView

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

 

[Mel Marcovitz]

Hi;

Thanks very much for the help.

I found the culprit. It was an extension from a program called Power Desk
that I have been using for many years without a problem. I have disabled it
and everything seems to be working properly.

I would not have known how to find and fix the problem without your help

Have a good day,

Mel Marcovitz

 

[Malke]

Hi;

Thanks very much for the help.

I found the culprit. It was an extension from a program called Power Desk
that I have been using for many years without a problem. I have disabled
it and everything seems to be working properly.

I would not have known how to find and fix the problem without your help

I'm delighted that sorted it for you. Thanks for taking the time to let me
know.

Malke