Explorer Issue

I've noticed that updates in explorer occur very slowly, on the order of about a minute. Usually I don't wait that long and right click refresh. Still, it can be annoying at times.

I've noticed this with the following:

1. Delete a file or files. Behavior: File is deleted though icon stays up to a minute later. Refreshing the screen fixes problem or moving to another folder then coming back.

2. Rename a folder. Behavior: Folder is renamed though old name does not change unless I refresh or navigate away. If I enter the renamed folder, then hit back, then forward again, explorer attempts to enter a folder with the old name and gives me an error. Only after the ~ minute does the navigation history change to reflect the new folder name.

3. Same with any other operation, moving, cut/paste, copy - there seems to be a significant lag between when the operation occurs and when explorer updates icons and such.

i ran into this problem in version 7000, but it was fixed in 7100, although sometimes it comes back, I am sure m$oft can fix it, soon enough.

When I have encountered this problem (3x so far), I removed all of my context menu "add-ons" and the problem resolved. I then added back only the context menu items that I can't live without.

BTW - this is maybe the only thing I miss about XP-32. I had a tower of right-click options with no ill effect.

I remember this - WinRAR in the context menu has been an "issue" in 7x64. Not a problem today, though.

OK, that was freaky. After posting the above, I toggled over to Explorer to see if I currently had WinRAR in the context menu. My chosen folder lagged on opening. Jeez. Then I noticed that JetAudio was set as a folder context menu item. I opened JetAudio (and noticed by its skin that I have yet to configure it) and removed the folder context menu option.

Et voila! Lag gone.

And yes, WinRAR is cascaded in the context menu.