Re: Right clicking - properties

From: Torgeir Bakken (MVP) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 02/29/04 

Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 21:11:26 +0100

Leo wrote:

> Recently whenever I right click and than properties an icon in windows explorer, it takes over 1 minute for the properties message screen to appear. If I do this to any of the icons (shortcuts) on my desktop, it shows up immediately.
> What would cause this to happen?

Hi

This could be caused by a firewall configuration issue:

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3EC14ABD.CAE72390%40hydro.com 

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torgeir
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