Right clicking icons on desktop.

[ELR]

When I right click icons on my desktop, the screen goes
blank and returns to the desktop. I do not have access
to the right click options. Right clicking within
Windows explorer works OK.

The event viewer shows the follwing:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 5/25/2004
Time: 10:03:18 AM
User: N/A
Computer: PAVILION7940
Description:
Faulting application explorer.exe, version 6.0.2800.1221,
faulting module mfc42.dll, version 6.0.8665.0, fault
address 0x0005e3d6.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 65 78 70 ure exp
0018: 6c 6f 72 65 72 2e 65 78 lorer.ex
0020: 65 20 36 2e 30 2e 32 38 e 6.0.28
0028: 30 30 2e 31 32 32 31 20 00.1221
0030: 69 6e 20 6d 66 63 34 32 in mfc42
0038: 2e 64 6c 6c 20 36 2e 30 .dll 6.0
0040: 2e 38 36 36 35 2e 30 20 .8665.0
0048: 61 74 20 6f 66 66 73 65 at offse
0050: 74 20 30 30 30 35 65 33 t 0005e3
0058: 64 36 0d 0a d6..

Any ideas?

 

[joe]

update antivirus and scan. free one at grisoft.com
get spybot from safer-networking.org and scan and remove crap.
or ad-aware at lavasoftusa.com update and scan.

 

[Kelly]

This generally is a result from having Xupiter installed and/or Hotbar.
Start your troubleshooting from there.