Right click on XP desktop does not work

[markfunston]

When I right click on my desktop the hourglass appears and
the system hangs. Does anyone know how I can resolve this
problem?

 

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Read these articles:

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/en-us

Right-click is slow or weird behavior caused by context menu handlers
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm (Courtesy of Ramesh MVP.)