Right Clicking Desktop Icons Causes Delay

[skunker]

Hello,
Newly formatted computer (Dell XPS) with Windows XP , SP2 and all the
latest updates. I've done the Windows Update drill and there are no
updates left to do....

Problem:

Whenever I RIGHT CLICK on icons on my desktop, it takes about 10seconds
before the context menu pops up. However, this problem does not happen
when I RIGHT CLICK on the minimized windows in my task bar.

Does anyone have ANY clue as to what could be happening? I have no idea
where to even start to troubleshoot......thanks.

[WTC]

"skunker" > wrote in message
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> Problem:
>
> Whenever I RIGHT CLICK on icons on my desktop, it takes
> about 10seconds before the context menu pops up. However,
> this problem does not happen when I RIGHT CLICK on the
> minimized windows in my task bar.

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

Right-click is extremely slow only when Network is enabled
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/rcdelay.htm

[Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MVP]

--
William Crawford
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

[skunker]

Your link helped me fix the problem, thanks. I had to uninstall WINRAR.

[WTC]

"skunker" > wrote in message
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> Your link helped me fix the problem, thanks. I had to
> uninstall WINRAR.

You're most welcome skunker and I am sure Ramesh will be pleased also.

IIRC, WinRar has options to remove the context menu entries for WinRar in
the options page.

--
William Crawford
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

>> I am sure Ramesh will be pleased also.

Yes, I'm. Thanks William :)

--
Regards,

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


"WTC" > wrote in message
...
"skunker" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> Your link helped me fix the problem, thanks. I had to
> uninstall WINRAR.

You're most welcome skunker and I am sure Ramesh will be pleased also.

IIRC, WinRar has options to remove the context menu entries for WinRar in
the options page.

--
William Crawford
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

[Henry]

I had the same problem and found that Roxio Easy Media Creator 9 was the
cause of the problem. The specific problem was that it had created a
virtual drive,
and this was causing the slow response on the desktop. I uninstalled Easy
Media Creator, then reinstalled it without the option of having a virtual
drive. Everything
is fine now.

Henry


"skunker" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> Hello,
> Newly formatted computer (Dell XPS) with Windows XP , SP2 and all the
> latest updates. I've done the Windows Update drill and there are no
> updates left to do....
>
> Problem:
>
> Whenever I RIGHT CLICK on icons on my desktop, it takes about 10seconds
> before the context menu pops up. However, this problem does not happen
> when I RIGHT CLICK on the minimized windows in my task bar.
>
> Does anyone have ANY clue as to what could be happening? I have no idea
> where to even start to troubleshoot......thanks.
>