slow opening folders/apps

[Guest]

I am trying to pin down the cause of slow opening folders/apps. in XP Home.
The folders/apps. that are having this problem are Control Panel, My
Computer, My Documents, Internet Explorer(pages are slow to load as well),
etc. When one of these folders/apps. is clicked on, the hourglasss comes on,
then dissappears. 1-3 minutes later, the window opens. Word, Excel, ect. open
fine. In safe mode, the problem folders open fine. Any suggestions as to the
cause of this would be appreciated. Anti-Virus/AdAware scans are clean and a
restore (non-destructive) has not sloved the problem. Thanks!

I have exactly the same problem as this guy, can someone help me? Idid the
cleanup, defrag everything but nothing works.

 

[WTC]

Have you ran spyware apps.

Adware SE (Free)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download

Spybot (Free)
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html



Cleaning out your PC

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-gb;842892

 

[Ricky]

Right-click is slow or weird behavior caused by context menu handlers:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/slowrightclick.htm
Long delay before files appear in My Computer in Windows XP:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/wiadelay.htm