On Sat, 16 Mar 2019 09:28:04 -0400, Paul
wrote:

micky wrote:
Was it on this group that someone just posted how to edit the
right-click list?::

https://technicalustad.com/edit-wind...-context-menu/

No matter. The question is, Won't making the list longer mean it will
take longer to open the right click list?

It already takes a long time, and I've concluded that it builds the list
from another list every time I right click.

Am I right, or if not, why does it take so long to right=click and see
the list, compared to most other operations?

The right-click context menu is a "communal toilet".

It's a poor design, in that when you add the N+1th
item to the list, it can "break" the entire list.
Suddenly, it's slow, or it stops without
completely painting, or... whatever.

It can even crash.

They could have made the list, such that the list
is a series of "slots" and the "slots" only paint
when they're good and ready. Then, a "guilty" item
does not hold up the whole list, and "latecomers"
fill their spot in the list after everyone else
has painted theirs. This would allow you to determine
which items are too slow. Or which items are misbehaving.
In effect, you're isolating their runtime behavior
from one another, so the "bad" items stand out.

Paul

I have been having a related issue for the last few months. If I
right click, the right click menu doesn't come up. Instead, I get the
"I'm busy" spinning mouse pointer. This only happens on rare
ocassions (maybe once per month?), but when it does happen, a restart
is required before the right click menu works normally again. Even
killing explorer with task manager and letting it restart doesn't fix
it. There seems to be more and more of these irritating minor bugs
lately.

Pat