Very slow file delete in Windows XP Pro

[Guest]

Deleting even a small file takes several minutes. The recycle bin is empty.
This is not a right-click context handler issue. Deletes are slow regardless
of the method by which file(s) or folder(s) are deleted.

Windows Explorer seems to lock up and even attempting to kill it with Task
Manager takes a long time. Eventually, if I let it sit long enough, the
file(s) get deleted.

This problem only appears on one user login (mine with admin rights). File
deletes with other user logins (also admins) are fast.

Any ideas how to pinpoint this problem?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Deleting even a small file takes several minutes. The recycle bin is
empty.
This is not a right-click context handler issue. Deletes are slow
regardless
of the method by which file(s) or folder(s) are deleted.

Windows Explorer seems to lock up and even attempting to kill it with Task
Manager takes a long time. Eventually, if I let it sit long enough, the
file(s) get deleted.

This problem only appears on one user login (mine with admin rights).
File
deletes with other user logins (also admins) are fast.

Any ideas how to pinpoint this problem?

Click Ctrl+Shift+Esc and have a look at the Performance
tab. Is the CPU running flat out at 100%?

 

[Gerry]

What happens if you create a new user profile for yourself?

How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811151/en-us


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
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[Guest]

CPU usage is 1%-2%. In Apps tab it says the {folder name} from which I am
trying to delete files is not responding, but then it eventually deletes the
files and all returns to normal.

 

[Gerry]

How many files are you trying in one operation? How large are these
files?


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[Guest]

The behavior is the same whether it is one very small file or multiple files
of varying sizes. Files size or number of files seem to have no bearing on
the issue.

Other operation such as copy and move are fast. This is only a deletion
problem

 

[Guest]

I suppose I could try recreating my profile and moving files although I am
not sure my profile is "corrupt." Nothing other than this delete issue is a
problem with the current profile. Logging in, switching between profiles,
accessing profile-specific data, etc. all works as expected. Anything is
worth a try.

 

[Gerry]

Any perceptible when you use Shift+Del instead of moving the file to the
Recycle Bin? How full is the Recycle Bin?


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Guest]

Same issues with Shift+Del. The recycle bin is virtually empty (5 small
files).

 

[Gerry]

You said that the phenomenon does not occur when deleting from other
profiles!


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Guest]

That is correct. There are three user profiles on this machine. Only mine
has the file delete problem. The other two work as expected and delete files
very quickly.