delayed file open

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A problem has recently developed.
If I right click on an desktop icon, the file/app opens but only after a delay
of about 30.
I've checked for viruses, adware/spyware, and defrag with McAfee, Defender
and Spyware Doctor and fixed all other problems.
Any suggestions about what the issue could be and the easiest way to fix
it without reformatting the disk.
thx.,
ep.
 
A problem has recently developed.
If I right click on an desktop icon, the file/app opens but only after a delay
of about 30.
I've checked for viruses, adware/spyware, and defrag with McAfee, Defender
and Spyware Doctor and fixed all other problems.
Any suggestions about what the issue could be and the easiest way to fix
it without reformatting the disk.
thx.,
ep.
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Are you left-handed, or do you mean left click?

30 microseconds? Not bad!
 
I think maybe the OP referred to the Context Menu opening. The menu
that pops out when you right-click any file anywhere.

Some systems will have to gather all the possibilities available for
that particular extension. For example, I have quite a few methods
available to me for JPG files. It takes about 15 seconds for that type
of file, but, for an EXE it only takes about 1 or 2 seconds.

GP

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ep. said:
A problem has recently developed.
If I right click on an desktop icon, the file/app opens but only after a delay
of about 30.
I've checked for viruses, adware/spyware, and defrag with McAfee, Defender
and Spyware Doctor and fixed all other problems.
Any suggestions about what the issue could be and the easiest way to fix
it without reformatting the disk.
thx.,
ep.
Click to expand...

See if the information in this article helps.

Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP
Right-click is slow or weird behavior caused by context menu handlers
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
When using ShellExView, is there a set procedure to identify and fix the
problem?
Should I look, on each of 256 lines, for anything in particular?
 
The lines highlighted (in pink, if I recall correctly) are the
non-Microsoft shell extensions. The idea is to disable (not remove) one
non-Microsoft shell extension in turn until you hit upon the one that is
causing a problem. (I am presuming that someone has told you that your
problem is caused by a shell extension.)

You need to be very careful when you work with this tool. Work slowly,
one item at a time. A good place to start is shell extensions that
appear to belong to software you uninstalled from your system.

It's always better to disable shell extensions from the interface of the
program that created them (e.g., compression programs, media players)
rather than using the ShellEx tool.
 
Did you read the instructions outlined in the article I posted earlier?

Run ShellExView and once it's completed its search, click on the Type column
twice.
Look in the list for those items listed as Context Menu types. That's the ones
you should be concerned about, not the entire list.
One at a time, right click the Context Menu items highlighted in pink and
disable them. Check to see if you still have the slow right click behavior. If
you do, go back and enable that item. Continue this process for the remainder of
the non-Microsoft context menu items.

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
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