Dear Nepatsfan:
I hope you see this post and get my thanks, as your
suggestion to use "SHEXVIEW.EXE" resolved my issue. I
carefully read the instructions. When looking at the
context menu handlers there was only one non MS handler that
I did not recognize, the FoxBurner Plugin Shell Extension.
I disabled it, the problem was solved. In case you are
interested, I entered the culprit info below.
This foxburner plug-in was installed in
[c:\programfiles\FoxBurnerPlugin] on 8/8/2006, which is
about when I remember my issues started. I have no idea
what this plug-in does even though on
www.foxburner.com
there is a lot of info about it, or what might have
installed it or what problems I may encounter by disabling
it? I do not download and install software on a whim, and
am very careful what I do install. Time will tell.
Currently the only burning software I have installed is the
Plextor "Plextools" which work fine with the foxBurner
Plugin Disabled. I had
to uninstall Roxio easy media creator DVD builder 7 on 11/16
after installing MSIE 7 due to a conflict between these two.
http://kb.roxio.com/content/kb/Creator/000017CR I have
ordered the newer Roxio ver 9, and await its arrival to
install it and restore full DVD creation to my PC as I do
import camcorder video and burn to DVD movies.
It never ceases to amaze me how complex the software and
interactions have become and how little control the end user
has over all this. Those who say the PC is simple to use
and difficult to mess up are not realistic. It took me more
than 4 hours to figure out why DVD builder did not work as I
had no idea its failure was due to MSIE7 until I found the
answer in Roxio KB.
Feel free to pass on my thanks to Mr. Srinivasan
Thanks
Sincerely
Don Brohm
(e-mail address removed)
[remove "nospam" in email address]
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Extension Name: BMenuPlg
Disabled: Yes
Type: Context Menu
Description: BMenuPlg DLL
Version: 1, 5, 0, 0
Product Name: FoxBurner Plugin Shell Extension
Company: FoxBurner Ltd.
My Computer: No
Desktop: No
Control Panel: No
Filename: C:\WINDOWS\system32\BMenuPlg.dll
CLSID: {E66A25D8-CE51-4611-A6CE-D5E08EB33A5C}
File Created Time: 2/10/2006 9:19:50 PM
CLSID Modified Time: 8/8/2006 9:38:26 AM
Microsoft: No
File Extensions: No
File Attributes: *, Folder
File Size: 233,472
Take a look here,
Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP
Right-click is slow or weird behavior caused by context menu
handlers
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm
ShellExView v1.15 - Shell Extensions Manager
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html
Good luck
Nepatsfan
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[email protected],
DJB said:
Dear Nepatsfan:
Thanks for the reply, the "Enable Dragging and Dropping" was
checked. Unchecked, closed reopened and rechecked. Still
cannot rght click and then left click to open an All
Programs folder.
Don B.
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[email protected],
DJB said:
Running Windows XP SP2, all updates installed, P4 Prescott
3.2Ghz, 1GB ram. PC runs great and is stable.
I have lost the capability in "ALL PROGRAMS" to right click
a "folder icon" and then left click on "OPEN" or "EXPLORE"
to open this all programs folder in windows explorer. When
I try there is a momentary blink and nothing happens.
Any ideas how to get this capability back?
Don B.
(e-mail address removed) [remove "nospam" in
email address]
Go to Control Panel and double click "Taskbar and Start
Menu".
Click on the Start Menu tab.
Hit the Customize button.
In "Customize Start Menu", click on the Advanced tab.
Look in the "Start menu items" box and make sure there's a
check mark in the box next to "Enable dragging and
dropping". Click OK twice.
Good luck
Nepatsfan
