Windows locks up

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Valorie McLaughlin

Windows and other programs are starting to lock up when I click the "RIGHT"
mouse button. Can someone tell me how to fix this?
 
Valorie McLaughlin said:
Windows and other programs are starting to lock up when I click the
"RIGHT" mouse button. Can someone tell me how to fix this?
Hi V.

the first place to check, is your Event viewer, to see if any errors
show up in Apps, or System.
 
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Windows and other programs are starting to lock up when I click the "RIGHT"
mouse button. Can someone tell me how to fix this?

What type of mouse ? Have you tried another mouse ?
 
Valorie said:
Windows and other programs are starting to lock up when I click the
"RIGHT" mouse button. Can someone tell me how to fix this?

Problems right-clicking are usually caused by third-party programs which
have inserted entries into the context menu. These are most easily managed
with the free ShellExView program. You might also take a look at the links
below. It doesn't matter that they reference XP; they are applicable to
Vista too.

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

Manage the context-menu entries for folders, drives and Namespace objects -
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/context_folders.htm

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html - ShellExView

Malke
 
meerkat said:
Hi V.

the first place to check, is your Event viewer, to see if any errors
show up in Apps, or System.


Where do I find Event Viewer. Agent Ransack found an empty folder with that
name.
 
meerkat said:
Hi V.

the first place to check, is your Event viewer, to see if any errors
show up in Apps, or System.

I found it. There are no errors in Apps or System.
 
Jim said:
What type of mouse ? Have you tried another mouse ?

It's a HP optical mouse and PC. Never had a problem with this mouse before.
The program, then the PC, locks up on right-click only. Task Manager never
worked right on this PC. It doesn't end these hung programs. Sometimes TM
itself locks up. I never had these issues with WXP/SP2.
 
Malke said:
Problems right-clicking are usually caused by third-party programs which
have inserted entries into the context menu. These are most easily managed
with the free ShellExView program. You might also take a look at the links
below. It doesn't matter that they reference XP; they are applicable to
Vista too.

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


OK, I downloaded something from that page, but have no idea what I'm looking
at. It shows some kind of shells. I'm sorry to say but it's meaningless to
me.
Manage the context-menu entries for folders, drives and Namespace
objects -
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/context_folders.htm

What one am I supposed to download there? Is there anything non-technical
that can be done? I'm not a programmer or technician so don't know the
terminology used. I don't see how the shell thing is related to the start
menu. I wouldn't know what extensions to "manage" or what software they're
related to.
 
Valorie McLaughlin said:
Where do I find Event Viewer. Agent Ransack found an empty folder with that
name.

Control Panel > System and Security > Administrative tools > Event viewer.
 
It's a HP optical mouse and PC. Never had a problem with this mouse before.
The program, then the PC, locks up on right-click only. Task Manager never
worked right on this PC. It doesn't end these hung programs. Sometimes TM
itself locks up. I never had these issues with WXP/SP2.

Battery(s) ? ( wireless ) ? usb ?- properly plugged in ?
 
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Here's what Valorie McLaughlin wrote on 9/12/09:
 
Jim said:
Battery(s) ? ( wireless ) ? usb ?- properly plugged in ?


It has the wire and plugs into the PC. I've not had the problem today.
Some days it's one program or window after the other that locks on
right-click.
 
It has the wire and plugs into the PC. I've not had the problem today.
Some days it's one program or window after the other that locks on
right-click.

Val , just seen another post ; if you have Google Toolbar installed ,
uninstall it and see what happens . ( I`ve seen on newsgroups it
causes problems )
 
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