SLOW context menu

V

Vic Baron

I have a system running XP Pro SP2 that is acting strangely in that, if I
right click the desktop ( or Explorer, etc ) it takes almost 30 seconds
before the context menu will show.

I've checked for virus, spyware, adware, etc - all is clean.

Only thing unusual about this system is that XP resides on drive M rather
than C. Plenty of disk space available.


Any thoughts?

Thanx,

Vic
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

Vic,

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

Right-click is extremely slow only when Network is enabled:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/rcdelay.htm

Right click crashes Explorer.exe after installing Windows XP SP2?:
http://www.winxptutor.com/sp2/divxcrash.htm

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com



I have a system running XP Pro SP2 that is acting strangely in that, if I
right click the desktop ( or Explorer, etc ) it takes almost 30 seconds
before the context menu will show.

I've checked for virus, spyware, adware, etc - all is clean.

Only thing unusual about this system is that XP resides on drive M rather
than C. Plenty of disk space available.


Any thoughts?

Thanx,

Vic
 
V

Vic Baron

Thanx Ramesh - I'll check them out. Searched the KB but will bookmark this
website.

Happy New Year!

Vic
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

All the Best Vic. Keep us posted.
Wish you a Happy New Year!

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


Thanx Ramesh - I'll check them out. Searched the KB but will bookmark this
website.

Happy New Year!

Vic
 
V

Vic Baron

Happy New Year to you also, Ramesh.

I used the ShellExView program and was able to track down the bad context
handler. Deleted it and all is well. Thank you very much!

Vic
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

You're welcome Vic :)

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


Happy New Year to you also, Ramesh.

I used the ShellExView program and was able to track down the bad context
handler. Deleted it and all is well. Thank you very much!

Vic
 

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