Shell extensions got "ornery" - wha hoppen?

[Tony Meloche]

Hello:

I am new to the group, and apologize if this has been asked recently.

I have been running XP for a year, and have made no major changes to
speak of. Up until a month ago, once I booted the computer, shell
extensions (the "right click" menu) was there instantly from the first
time I accessed it. In the last month, though, the first time I access
anything on the right click menu, it takes a full ten seconds for the
computer to respond. From that time on, it is there instantly until I
shut down. This implies to me (I'm no expert) that shell extensions
used to be loading on boot, but don't any more. Is there a way I can
fix this? I am comfortable with a registry hack, (with good
instuctions!) if that's what it takes. Many thanks for any responses!

Tony


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[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Tony,

It indicates that something in the shell extensions is taking a moment =
to connect. Once initialized, it's fine. I see this happen when users =
add to the "send to" section something like a remote ftp site or mapped =
drive. Check to see what has been recently added.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x - =
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
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www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Tony Meloche" > wrote in message =
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> Hello:
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> I am new to the group, and apologize if this has been asked =
recently.
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> I have been running XP for a year, and have made no major changes =
to
> speak of. Up until a month ago, once I booted the computer, shell
> extensions (the "right click" menu) was there instantly from the first
> time I accessed it. In the last month, though, the first time I =
access
> anything on the right click menu, it takes a full ten seconds for the
> computer to respond. From that time on, it is there instantly until I
> shut down. This implies to me (I'm no expert) that shell extensions
> used to be loading on boot, but don't any more. Is there a way I can
> fix this? I am comfortable with a registry hack, (with good
> instuctions!) if that's what it takes. Many thanks for any responses!
>=20
> Tony
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[Tony Meloche]

Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers wrote:
>
> Hi Tony,
>
> It indicates that something in the shell extensions is taking a moment to connect. Once initialized, it's fine. I see this happen when users add to the "send to" section something like a remote ftp site or mapped drive. Check to see what has been recentl
y added.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x -


Thank you for the response, Rick. I heard from another Microsoft
maven that Hotfix Q 811493, which he said I really didn't need anyway,
was the likely cause, and I uninstalled that. That did the trick! In
case this info can help anyone else.

Tony


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[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Tony,

Yes, that was definitely a possible cause. Glad you got it sorted out =
and thanks for the feedback!

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x - =
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone -
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Tony Meloche" > wrote in message =
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> Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers wrote:
> >=20
> > Hi Tony,
> >=20
> > It indicates that something in the shell extensions is taking a =
moment to connect. Once initialized, it's fine. I see this happen when =
users add to the "send to" section something like a remote ftp site or =
mapped drive. Check to see what has been recently added.
> >=20
> > --
> > Best of Luck,
> >=20
> > Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x -=20
>=20
>=20
> Thank you for the response, Rick. I heard from another Microsoft
> maven that Hotfix Q 811493, which he said I really didn't need anyway,
> was the likely cause, and I uninstalled that. That did the trick! In
> case this info can help anyone else.
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> Tony
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