Win Explorer hangs on File and Edit

[Mike]

After cleaning off old unused programs on my computer,
when I open Windows Explorer and click on the 'file' or
edit' commands on the taskbar, the system hangs -
hourglass appears and just stays there till I go to
taskmaster and end the program. Then it says "explorer
not responding' when I end program.

It also hangs when I try to right click the 'my computer'
icon to run error check on the hard drive. In this case,
I have to reboot to unhang.

Any suggestions? Thanks.

[Sharon F]

On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 13:14:57 -0700, "Mike" > wrote:

>After cleaning off old unused programs on my computer,
>when I open Windows Explorer and click on the 'file' or
>edit' commands on the taskbar, the system hangs -
>hourglass appears and just stays there till I go to
>taskmaster and end the program. Then it says "explorer
>not responding' when I end program.
>
>It also hangs when I try to right click the 'my computer'
>icon to run error check on the hard drive. In this case,
>I have to reboot to unhang.
>
>Any suggestions? Thanks.

Do you go into Explorer right after the uninstalls? If yes, perhaps
System Restore is still busy copying files and may be interfering. By
waiting a minute or two, it would give time for System Restore to
complete its housekeeping.

Sharon F
MS MVP
[Windows XP - Shell/User]