Windows Explorer properties

[Guest]

When I right-click a directory in Windows Explorer, and select Properties,
nothing happens.
I have checked the Event Viewer and no entry appears for it.

Any ideas?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

[[When you right-click on a folder and choose Properties, nothing may
happen.]]

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

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Guest]

Went out to the web site. As it suggested, I checked out the
Shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
under the AllFilesystemObjects, Directory, and Folders in the Registry.
In each case, no value set. Although subentries below ContextMenuHandlers
did have values.
I also downloaded the ShellExView software and installed it, ran
it.
Brings up quite a few entries. As the readme.txt file and .htm file
suggest, I'm
going thru the various entries, disabling them one by one, then
right-clicking
a folder in Windows Explorer. So far, no success.
There is a Symantec.Norton.Antivirus entry under the
Folder\Shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
This makes me suspicious. Installing a Norton Antivirus update did cause me
problems with Outlook Express. That one I had to walk thru with my ISP,
EarthLink, to fix.
I'll keep disabling the entries one-by-one that ShellExView
identifies, and see
if one of them is the villain.
Thank you very much for your suggestions.

--
Ken McGourty

[[When you right-click on a folder and choose Properties, nothing may
happen.]]

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

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

When I right-click a directory in Windows Explorer, and select Properties,
nothing happens.
I have checked the Event Viewer and no entry appears for it.

Any ideas?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Additional Info:

Are you running Windows XP Professional, with IIS installed? If so, read
here:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/b9824750a8a51f60

Also, see "W3ext Module" paragraph in this page:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm

Re: Can't view WinExp folder prop dialog RESOLVED - Windows XP - CNET
Forums:
http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6142-0.html?forumID=5&threadID=44105&messageID=538357

PRB: Operation Is Excessively Slow When You Start the IIS MMC or
Explorer.exe to Retrieve Directory Properties:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=319179

IceTeks Forums -> Windows XP Folder Properties Problem:
http://www.iceteks.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1887&

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Went out to the web site. As it suggested, I checked out the
Shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
under the AllFilesystemObjects, Directory, and Folders in the Registry.
In each case, no value set. Although subentries below ContextMenuHandlers
did have values.
I also downloaded the ShellExView software and installed it, ran
it.
Brings up quite a few entries. As the readme.txt file and .htm file
suggest, I'm
going thru the various entries, disabling them one by one, then
right-clicking
a folder in Windows Explorer. So far, no success.
There is a Symantec.Norton.Antivirus entry under the
Folder\Shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
This makes me suspicious. Installing a Norton Antivirus update did cause
me
problems with Outlook Express. That one I had to walk thru with my ISP,
EarthLink, to fix.
I'll keep disabling the entries one-by-one that ShellExView
identifies, and see
if one of them is the villain.
Thank you very much for your suggestions.

--
Ken McGourty

[[When you right-click on a folder and choose Properties, nothing may
happen.]]

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

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

When I right-click a directory in Windows Explorer, and select
Properties,
nothing happens.
I have checked the Event Viewer and no entry appears for it.

Any ideas?

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Ken might surface in a week's time <g>!


--

Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Additional Info:

Are you running Windows XP Professional, with IIS installed? If so, read
here:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/b9824750a8a51f60

Also, see "W3ext Module" paragraph in this page:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm

Re: Can't view WinExp folder prop dialog RESOLVED - Windows XP - CNET
Forums:
http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6142-0.html?forumID=5&threadID=44105&messageID=538357

PRB: Operation Is Excessively Slow When You Start the IIS MMC or
Explorer.exe to Retrieve Directory Properties:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=319179

IceTeks Forums -> Windows XP Folder Properties Problem:
http://www.iceteks.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1887&

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Went out to the web site. As it suggested, I checked out the
Shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
under the AllFilesystemObjects, Directory, and Folders in the Registry.
In each case, no value set. Although subentries below
ContextMenuHandlers
did have values.
I also downloaded the ShellExView software and installed it, ran
it.
Brings up quite a few entries. As the readme.txt file and .htm file
suggest, I'm
going thru the various entries, disabling them one by one, then
right-clicking
a folder in Windows Explorer. So far, no success.
There is a Symantec.Norton.Antivirus entry under the
Folder\Shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
This makes me suspicious. Installing a Norton Antivirus update did cause
me
problems with Outlook Express. That one I had to walk thru with my ISP,
EarthLink, to fix.
I'll keep disabling the entries one-by-one that ShellExView
identifies, and see
if one of them is the villain.
Thank you very much for your suggestions.

--
Ken McGourty

[[When you right-click on a folder and choose Properties, nothing may
happen.]]

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

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

When I right-click a directory in Windows Explorer, and select
Properties,
nothing happens.
I have checked the Event Viewer and no entry appears for it.

Any ideas?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Isn't that a short interval Gerry?
Anyway, better late than never

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Ken might surface in a week's time <g>!


--

Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~