Re: Right Click Freezes my computer

From: Rock (rock_at_comcast.nospam.net)
Date: 09/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 01:12:58 -0700

Myserious wrote:

> Nopes :-( the problem remains the same. Any other idea.
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>mysterious wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I'm using windows XP (SP2). When ever i right click on
>>>any folder on my computer, my computer freezes for
>>>atleast 30 secs. This problem is not related to SP2. I
>>>can't do anything on my computer when i right click to
>
> do
>
>>>something. But on the other hand when i'm browsing
>>>everything seems to fine this problem only occurs when
>>>ever i use my folders or open any program. Please
>
> Please
>
>>>help mein this matter. I dont want to install Windows
>>>again. Thanks in Advance.
>>>
>>
>>So you're saying that you had the right click freeze
>
> problem before SP2
>
>>and upgraded hoping SP2 would fix it? It's not a good
>
> idea to upgrade a
>
>> system that is having problems unless you know for sure
>
> the upgrade is
>
>>designed to fix the problem. In this case I would
>
> suggest you remove
>
>>SP2, fix the system then upgrade.
>>
>>Right click problems are generally due to a misbehaving
>
> right click
>
>>context menu handler. Spysweeper in SP1 and SP@, and
>
> some flavors DivX
>
>>in SP2 can cause this, but any corrupt or misbehaving
>
> context menu
>
>>handler can cause problems.

What do you mean the problem remains the same? What did you try? Did
you have the problem before SP2? Have you removed SP2? Did you have
DivX installed? Removed it? Spysweeper? You need to give some
specific information.

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