Explorer hangs on right click

[davidbordeaux]

I have a problem with Windows Explorer hanging when I right click a file, or left click and try to select move/copy/delete etc.

I have run adaware, antivirus, and sfc (thinking that some of the system files might be corrupted), but I still have the problem.

Any ideas

 

[LordMaximus]

When you right click on a file and it hangs, it's trying to access some software that's written itself into your explorers code. Like for instance Winzip does. If you right click on a file, you can select, "Add to Zip" for instance.

What you need to do, is start up in safe mode. Check in your registry which app is starting up. Also check if the problem still persists in Safe mode. Remove everything from your startup.

Good luck

 

[davidbordeaux]

Thanks. The hang problem is now solved!

I have another question: despite clearing out the startup, I still find that I have 42 processes running in the background, some of them (like svchost.exe) multiple times. Is this normal? What should I do about it?

 

[LordMaximus]

Don't worry about svchost.exe. It's a system process :
I got this when googling for a better description :

svchost.exe is a system process belonging to the Microsoft Windows Operating System which handles processes executed from DLLs. This program is important for the stable and secure running of your computer and should not be terminated

You'll propably see a couple, one is for NETWORK SERVICES and one is for local services. Ignore them, it's part of windows.

You might want to go to

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-011.mspx

to check vulneribility on yours.

Check your windows startup for anything that might start up with windows and remove it.

I use a nifty program called system mechanic to handle all of this automatically. I think you can download the trial version from

http://www.iolo.com

Good luck