Re: Right Click Crashes Windows Explorer

Someone tipped me off to a simple fix. Using Regedit I changed Powerdesk
Menu to zPowerdesk Menu in
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\PowerDesk Menu. Apparently
by doing this I insured that PowerDesk's Context Menus load last, and that
was all it took. Thank you for your attentitive responses.


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@unknownhost> wrote in message
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Hi Terry,

What about other shell extensions (not only Context Menu handlers). Have
you tried temporarily disabling them as well?

Secondly, see if the Event Viewer provides any clue on the Windows
Explorer crash. Click Start, type eventvwr.msc. Check the Application and
System logs (match the date/time when the crash occurred.)

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com


"Terry Smerling" <smerling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thank you for the quick reply. Before I posted I tried ShellExView and
disabled all non-MS context menu handlers, but the problem continued
nonetheless. Any other ideas?


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@unknownhost> wrote in message
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Hi Terry,

This is most likely caused by a third-party shell extension. See "Method
2" here:

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

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com


"Terry Smerling" <smerling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Each time I attempt a right click to access the context menu Windows
Explorer crashes. This is true whether I use Explorer or PowerDesk Pro
7 as my file manager. As a result I am unable to zip files, rename
files or run executables as the Administrtor. The error message I get
is simply that "Windows Explorer has stopped working." I suspected
that possibly Norton 360 was the culprit, but I disabled Norton 360 and
the problem persists. I believe this problem did not start until I
installed Vista's SP1. I am running Vista Home Premium on a powerful
MicroExpress machine with ample RAM. Any ideas or suggestions would be
greatly appreciated.




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