Windows Explorer Issue

[travelertoo]

Very often, but not always, explorer simply freezes up (hourglass) whe
selecting a file or folder. Sometimes just right clicking on a fil
causes a never-ending hourglass. Sometimes I can end the applicatio
with Task Manager, which shows Explorer as Not Responding, bu
sometimes I have to manually re-start. Any ideas

 

[John John - MVP]

It could be caused by a host of different things. First make sure that
your computer if free of virus, spyware and other such pests.

This could be caused by bad context menu handlers, see here for help on
troubleshooting and finding bad context menu handlers:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm

This could also be caused by certain applications running in the
background, for example Ctfmon has been known to sometimes cause
problems with Explorer.exe. Try running the computer in a Clean Boot
state and see if the problem persists:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353

This could also be caused by damaged system files, run SFC SCANNOW to
repair missing or damaged system files:
http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html

John

 

[travelertoo]

Thanks for the tips - I'll let you know how it turns out.

;3332943']It could be caused by a host of different things. First mak
sure that
your computer if free of virus, spyware and other such pests.

This could be caused by bad context menu handlers, see here for help o

troubleshooting and finding bad context menu handlers:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm

This could also be caused by certain applications running in the
background, for example Ctfmon has been known to sometimes cause
problems with Explorer.exe. Try running the computer in a Clean Boot
state and see if the problem persists:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353

This could also be caused by damaged system files, run SFC SCANNOW to
repair missing or damaged system files:
http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html

John

travelertoo wrote:-
Very often, but not always, explorer simply freezes up (hourglass
when
selecting a file or folder. Sometimes just right clicking on a file
causes a never-ending hourglass. Sometimes I can end the application
with Task Manager, which shows Explorer as Not Responding, but
sometimes I have to manually re-start. Any ideas?

 

[travelertoo]

Thanks for the tips - I'll let you know how it turns out.


I disabled a suspect CMH installed by third party freeware and - voila
Thanks for your help