Right click crashes XP

[WHoit]

I've got a huge problem that's only existed for a few days.
I honestly do not know what is causing it - my system does not change a lot.

Anyway, whenever I right click any shortcut (while in windows), my system
locks up.
The cpu for explore.exe jumps to 99% and stays there.
I have to open the task manager, kill explore.exe, then either restart or
log out.

I can double-click shortcuts, no problem.
I can make new shortcuts, and move them around.
It only happens when right clicking shortcuts.

This is what I've tried so far:
1) Uninstall/reinstall SP3
2) Used ShellExView to turn off every context menu handler.
3) Cleaned the registry, stray files, etc.
4) Uninstalled some old apps

I'm going nuts here - if I forget for a moment and right-click a shortcut,
or drag
something over the top of a shortcut, I'm screwed.

Can anyone offer any help?

 

[Bennett Marco]

I've got a huge problem that's only existed for a few days.
I honestly do not know what is causing it - my system does not change a lot.

Anyway, whenever I right click any shortcut (while in windows), my system
locks up.
The cpu for explore.exe jumps to 99% and stays there.
I have to open the task manager, kill explore.exe, then either restart or
log out.

I can double-click shortcuts, no problem.
I can make new shortcuts, and move them around.
It only happens when right clicking shortcuts.

This is what I've tried so far:
1) Uninstall/reinstall SP3
2) Used ShellExView to turn off every context menu handler.
3) Cleaned the registry, stray files, etc.
4) Uninstalled some old apps

I'm going nuts here - if I forget for a moment and right-click a shortcut,
or drag
something over the top of a shortcut, I'm screwed.

Can anyone offer any help?

System Restore to a point prior to this starting to occur.

 

[Singapore Computer Service]

Hello,

See Right-click is slow or weird behavior caused by context menu handlers
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm

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