Windows XP Glitch-can't right-click on disk drives

[Guest]

I have been experiencing a problematic but so far benign Windows XP glitch
that prevents me from right-clicking or using the Properties tab on my
computer drives. I can't seem to pinpoint when this problem began or how it
began. I was using XP Home when it first started, then migrated to Windows XP
Pro thinking it might fix the problem (it didn't) and I even went so far as
to re-install XP Pro which also didn't solve the problem. The only thing that
the drives seem to have in common is that I enabled folder sharing on all of
them but beyond that I haven't been able to figure out what is causing the
glitch. The computer and Windows is suprisingly working fine otherwise except
for this one little glitch. I haven't been able to find anything about this
kind of problem at Microsoft's website. Has anybody else here experienced a
similar problem and if so, how did you resolve it? Any suggestions? Thanks!

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Please try the following link to Kelly's web site:

Line 203 - right hand side
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

In addition:

Right-click is slow or weird behavior caused by context menu handlers:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootlist/208.htm#4

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

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I have been experiencing a problematic but so far benign Windows XP glitch
that prevents me from right-clicking or using the Properties tab on my
computer drives. I can't seem to pinpoint when this problem began or how it
began. I was using XP Home when it first started, then migrated to Windows
XP
Pro thinking it might fix the problem (it didn't) and I even went so far as
to re-install XP Pro which also didn't solve the problem. The only thing
that
the drives seem to have in common is that I enabled folder sharing on all of
them but beyond that I haven't been able to figure out what is causing the
glitch. The computer and Windows is suprisingly working fine otherwise
except
for this one little glitch. I haven't been able to find anything about this
kind of problem at Microsoft's website. Has anybody else here experienced a
similar problem and if so, how did you resolve it? Any suggestions? Thanks!