windows explorer hanging

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Hi,
I am running win2k sp4. When I right click a file
explorer hangs up and renders the system unsueable. I
have to start task manager, stop the explorer.exe and
restart it.

Any help is appreciated.
thanks

 

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1) Run Windows Update just in case.
2) Try running a spyware scan and see if there is something that has been
installed that is causing the problem.

Pat

"GClark" <gclark26@excite.com> wrote in message
news:021f01c426da$02ab6710$7d02280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> I am running win2k sp4. When I right click a file
> explorer hangs up and renders the system unsueable. I
> have to start task manager, stop the explorer.exe and
> restart it.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
> thanks

 

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My problem is similar with Win 200 Professional v5.0 up
to date: When I try to use Start | Search | For file or
folders... Windows stops responding. In the task manager I
have to restart the computer. Bottom line: I cannot use
the Windows Search function. I've searched the Win 200
knowledge base and theInternet but have not found an
answer. Help? Thanks.
wajuna

>-----Original Message-----
>1) Run Windows Update just in case.
>2) Try running a spyware scan and see if there is
something that has been
>installed that is causing the problem.
>
>Pat
>
>"GClark" <gclark26@excite.com> wrote in message
>news:021f01c426da$02ab6710$7d02280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>> I am running win2k sp4. When I right click a file
>> explorer hangs up and renders the system unsueable. I
>> have to start task manager, stop the explorer.exe and
>> restart it.
>>
>> Any help is appreciated.
>> thanks
>
>
>.
>

 

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Did you run the spyware scan? Did you run Windows Update?

Pat

"wajuna" <wajuna@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3e1901c42a80$aa852710$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> My problem is similar with Win 200 Professional v5.0 up
> to date: When I try to use Start | Search | For file or
> folders... Windows stops responding. In the task manager I
> have to restart the computer. Bottom line: I cannot use
> the Windows Search function. I've searched the Win 200
> knowledge base and theInternet but have not found an
> answer. Help? Thanks.
> wajuna
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>1) Run Windows Update just in case.
>>2) Try running a spyware scan and see if there is
> something that has been
>>installed that is causing the problem.
>>
>>Pat
>>
>>"GClark" <gclark26@excite.com> wrote in message
>>news:021f01c426da$02ab6710$7d02280a@phx.gbl...
>>> Hi,
>>> I am running win2k sp4. When I right click a file
>>> explorer hangs up and renders the system unsueable. I
>>> have to start task manager, stop the explorer.exe and
>>> restart it.
>>>
>>> Any help is appreciated.
>>> thanks
>>
>>
>>.
>>

 

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Wajuna,

I'm having the exact same problem. Have you found a fix yet?

Mike

"wajuna" wrote:

> My problem is similar with Win 200 Professional v5.0 up
> to date: When I try to use Start | Search | For file or
> folders... Windows stops responding. In the task manager I
> have to restart the computer. Bottom line: I cannot use
> the Windows Search function. I've searched the Win 200
> knowledge base and theInternet but have not found an
> answer. Help? Thanks.
> wajuna
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >1) Run Windows Update just in case.
> >2) Try running a spyware scan and see if there is
> something that has been
> >installed that is causing the problem.
> >
> >Pat
> >
> >"GClark" <gclark26@excite.com> wrote in message
> >news:021f01c426da$02ab6710$7d02280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Hi,
> >> I am running win2k sp4. When I right click a file
> >> explorer hangs up and renders the system unsueable. I
> >> have to start task manager, stop the explorer.exe and
> >> restart it.
> >>
> >> Any help is appreciated.
> >> thanks
> >
> >
> >.
> >
>