right click on icon, find target no longer works

[nobody]

As the message title states,when I right click on a desktop icon
shortcut and click on the find target box nothing happens.

Possibly related when I download a program , after the download
complets, a box pops up

1 allowing running the program
2 open the folder where the program was saved
3 close

Number 2 opening the folder where the program was saved no longer
works. Clicking on open folder just closes the box

Searched the Microsoft Knolwledge base, came up with a reference to
windows 98 not helpful

 

[Elmo]

As the message title states, when I right-click on a desktop
shortcut and click on the "find target" box nothing happens.

Possibly related when I download a program, after the download
completes, a box pops up:

1 allow running the program
2 open the folder where the program was saved
3 close

Number 2 opening the folder where the program was saved no longer
works. Clicking on open folder just closes the box

Searched the Microsoft Knolwledge base, came up with a reference to
Windows 98, not helpful.

This might apply.

Right-click is slow or weird behavior caused by context menu handlers:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm

 

[nobody]

This might apply.

Right-click is slow or weird behavior caused by context menu handlers:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm

That does not seem to be the problem. I downloaded ShellExView and
tried disableing third party handlers, no change, same problem, maybe
windows built in context handlers are damaged. Or some other problem.