rich click open or explore selects copy by default then crashes

[rtdos]

Sometimes (for example, when I click on start then all programs and right
click on a folder, say, for Microsoft Office) and select either OPEN or
EXPLORE the context for COPY to folder opens up instead and when I select
CANCEL, it crashes EXPLORER.EXE Is there a fix ?

 

[David Candy]

This happens whan Copyto or Moveto is added to the context menu. Normally explorer doesn't crash, just shows two copies of each dialog, then opens the folder.

Remove the tweak. It will still be on the edit menu.

 

[David Candy]

Context menu extensions cause problems for the Start Menu, many non standard ones will prevent Open and Explore from doing anything at all. I did a survey a couple of months ago of people who posted here who Open on SM folders don't do anything.

I know of some that cause this bug but not one person surveyed had any programs that I knew caused this, suggesting it's a bug in SM rather than in the extensions.

One AV mfg has promised to fix theirs in the next release. Sendto and other standard ones don't cause problems but copyto does, probably why it not on the menu..

--
David Candy
http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros/
http://www.simtel.com/pub/pd/18669.html
This happens whan Copyto or Moveto is added to the context menu. Normally explorer doesn't crash, just shows two copies of each dialog, then opens the folder.

Remove the tweak. It will still be on the edit menu.

 

[rtdos]

ok, i removed it now it just crashes. would it be a registry key that needs
to be fixed ?



Context menu extensions cause problems for the Start Menu, many non standard
ones will prevent Open and Explore from doing anything at all. I did a
survey a couple of months ago of people who posted here who Open on SM
folders don't do anything.

I know of some that cause this bug but not one person surveyed had any
programs that I knew caused this, suggesting it's a bug in SM rather than in
the extensions.

One AV mfg has promised to fix theirs in the next release. Sendto and other
standard ones don't cause problems but copyto does, probably why it not on
the menu..

--
David Candy
http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros/
http://www.simtel.com/pub/pd/18669.html
This happens whan Copyto or Moveto is added to the context menu. Normally
explorer doesn't crash, just shows two copies of each dialog, then opens the
folder.

Remove the tweak. It will still be on the edit menu.

 

[David Candy]

They are two different issues.

See what event viewer says about the crash.

 

[rtdos]

One even in Application Log said the following error:

"Faulting application explorer.exe, version 6.0.2800.1221, faulting module
kernel32.dll, version 5.1.2600.1106, fault address 0x00013887."

and another event in the Application Log said the following event:

"The shell stopped unexpectedly and Explorer.exe was restarted."




They are two different issues.

See what event viewer says about the crash.