Right-Click on Desktop Sorta Hangs Machine

[Ken Kast]

I've got XP Pro on a Dell Pentium 2.4 with 768MB of RAM. System seemed to be
working fine last night. Tonight it behaves OK, unless I right-click on the
Desktop. I get an hourglass that stays forever. I can click something
else--folder, Start, etc--and that will open, but nothing inside that reacts
to the mouse. The mouse is not hung, but shows the hourglass over the
desktop. If I logoff and back on, it "unhangs" until I do the right-click. I
restored from night before last, but that doesn't cure it. It seems to be OK
in Safe Mode. Unless the virus detector updated itself, there should have
been no difference between the system the two nights.

Anybody got any ideas?

Ken

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Ken Kast,

Since that problem just started happening recently, try a System Restore.

How to use Windows XP System Restore:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gethelp/systemrestore.asp

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Ken Kast Wrote:
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| I've got XP Pro on a Dell Pentium 2.4 with 768MB of RAM. System seemed to be
| working fine last night. Tonight it behaves OK, unless I right-click on the
| Desktop. I get an hourglass that stays forever. I can click something
| else--folder, Start, etc--and that will open, but nothing inside that reacts
| to the mouse. The mouse is not hung, but shows the hourglass over the
| desktop. If I logoff and back on, it "unhangs" until I do the right-click. I
| restored from night before last, but that doesn't cure it. It seems to be OK
| in Safe Mode. Unless the virus detector updated itself, there should have
| been no difference between the system the two nights.
|
| Anybody got any ideas?
|
| Ken

 

[Guest]

Did you have any Windows Update before this? If so it may cause this. You can
simply try to uninstall it and see if it helps. Here is a good document about
Explorer Crashes
http://www.helpwithwindows.com/techfiles/explorer-crashes.html