right-click delay

[Breeze]

Thanks to anyone who might be able to help me.

When I right-click an item on my Desktop, in Explorer, on the Start button,
etc, the hour-glass appears and it takes about 15 seconds for the
right-click menu to appear. I first noticed this when trying to delete
files by right-clicking and choosing 'delete.' I have now also noticed that
if I highlight a file and hit 'delete' on the keyboard, it also has the same
delay before asking if I want to send the item to the recycle bin.

Any ideas or solutions?

Thanks,
Breeze

 

[Guest]

if you have norton can cause this and usually the next
update or so will fix this.

 

[Jen J.]

Hi Breeze,
Temporary Decrease in Performance Occurs When You Right-Click a File
or Folder in Windows Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;819101

regards,
ssg MS-MVP
pronetworks.org

Thanks, that delay was sooooo annoying.
J

 

[S.Sengupta]

Hi Breeze,
Temporary Decrease in Performance Occurs When You Right-Click a File or
Folder in Windows Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;819101

regards,
ssg MS-MVP
pronetworks.org

 

[Mr Eos]

Initially, disabling transition effects solved the right-click problem for
me. Then it came back. I also had symptom of Zone Alarm warning that windows
explorer was attempting to contact internet. Further searching found the
following advice, which worked for me:

Folder Options | View tab -- uncheck "Automatically Search for Network
Folders and
Printers"