right clicking a file in my music folder

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this causes a temporay shut down of windows explorer. the error message
relates to kernell32.dll
the system is very stabe otherwise. I have fireewall, norton security,
adaware and reg cleaners. regular defrags etc. any ideas anyone, it's just
gettin annoying now
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In jacko <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
this causes a temporay shut down of windows explorer. the error
message relates to kernell32.dll
the system is very stabe otherwise. I have fireewall, norton security,
adaware and reg cleaners. regular defrags etc. any ideas anyone, it's
just gettin annoying now
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The first question that springs to mind is, "Well, what would be loading or
showing on a right click in that menu that's not native to the operating
system." Starting there is where I'd debug if I were in your shoes.
Basically the question is, "What software - probably music editing or
playing - is embedded with the right click menu when you click on a music
file?" Depending on the software I'd consider an update or uninstalling the
application and manually digging the registry entries out by the roots if
they didn't remove with add/remove process. Other than that you can try
running explorer as a separate process to see if that helps.

Explorer as a Separate Process :
http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/tips/sep_explorer.html

Galen
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"You know that a conjurer gets no credit when once he has explained his
trick; and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will
come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all."

Sherlock Holmes
 
I sorted it. With much delving on other sites i came across a program
called ShellExView and the fact that it was a context menu hander entry
causing the problem. I disabled them one at a time starting with one
relating to mp3 files and eventually found the one causing the problem.
Acoustica mp3 to wav converter. after disabling it the right click problem
disappeared.

I'm sure this can help other people as well. it is freeware
 
In jacko <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
I sorted it. With much delving on other sites i came across a program
called ShellExView and the fact that it was a context menu hander
entry causing the problem. I disabled them one at a time starting
with one relating to mp3 files and eventually found the one causing
the problem. Acoustica mp3 to wav converter. after disabling it the
right click problem disappeared.

I'm sure this can help other people as well. it is freeware
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Most excellent. The symptoms showed that it was indeed something likely to
be loading when right clicking on the file - have you tried updating the MP3
to WAV converter? I have been using Alive but I also use JetAudio which is
nice and has a free version. If you're interested in playing with it:

jetAudio Basic:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/jetaudio.html

Galen
--

"You know that a conjurer gets no credit when once he has explained his
trick; and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will
come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all."

Sherlock Holmes
 
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