Re: explorer.exe hangs when....

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From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 07/13/04


Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 15:07:31 +0100

tRoPpMaNn wrote:

>I am running XP pro on a 933 with 500 mb ram and
>everything on the system runs as exepected EXCEPT:
>
>When rigth clicking on the desktop, anywhere, to arrange
>icos, create a new folder, etc. explorer completely hangs.
>I will end up having to reboot.

A possibility - I am always reluctant to suggest as it may unwind other
Tweaks you have made deliberately - is to Start - Run the line
regsvr32 shell32.dll

which is responsible for all the registry entries associated with the
desktop

-- 
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K.  Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)


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