Right-Click on Desktop Locks Up

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When I right-click on empty area on my desktop the hour glass does not stop
and freezes everything else...I have to reboot to fix. Any ideas?
Louie
 
When I right-click on empty area on my desktop the hour glass does not stop
and freezes everything else...I have to reboot to fix. Any ideas?
Louie
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Usually caused by an error in one of the Right-click context handlers.

ShellExView v1.13 - Shell Extensions Manager
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html

ContextEdit - Right-Click Context Handler Editor
Read about it: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1556349,00.asp
Download: ftp://ftp.externet.hu/pub/mirror/sac/utilfile/cnxtedit.zip
Mirror: http://wittswallpapers.com/Oldies/cnxtedit.zip
Mirror: http://www.infocellar.com/winxp/files/contextedit.zip
 
You may experience problems in Windows Explorer or in the Windows shell
after you install security update MS06-015:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918165

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

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


When I right-click on empty area on my desktop the hour glass does not stop
and freezes everything else...I have to reboot to fix. Any ideas?
Louie
 
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