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Old 01-05-2006, 06:36 AM
Tony Susa
 
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Default Re: Why WinXP SP2 folder right click hangs (stops responding) hourglass

On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 16:04:30 +0530, Ramesh, MS-MVP wrote:
> 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


Hi Ramesh.

Wow, you're quick! Your web page accurately characterized the problem,
e.g.,
"When you right-click a file/folder, there may be a huge delay before
Windows displays the context menu."
and
"When you right-click a folder in the Start Menu and choose Open or
Explore, nothing may happen. (Whereas, it works fine in Windows Explorer.)"

It seems, from your web site, that "These problems are caused by a bad
context menu handler."

In your "Method 1" on page http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm you
list different keys for when the problem occurs with "File Folders" vs
"Folders" (as opposed to "Files"). My problem only occurs with folders.

QUESTION:
I (think I) know what a "folder" is, but what is a "file folder"?
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