File Open or Choose File dialog hangs application after selection made


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    Florida
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    File Open or Choose File dialog hangs application after selection made


    Hi.

    Windows 7 Pro SP1 64 bit
    Intel i5 CPU @2.67 GHz
    8 GB RAM

    This problem just started recently or I only noticed it in the past week or so. When I'm in any application that launches the File Open dialog, including any browser's "Select File/Browse" button to choose a local file, when I select a file (even a small 1K file) from the dialog and the dialog closes, there is a 5 - 10 second delay before the app responds and either opens the file or in the case of a browser, displays the file name. In those 5-10 seconds, the app is non-responsive. In a browser, other fields on the form cannot be clicked or selected for the 5-10 second period -- then the selected filename appears on the form.

    This happens in all 4 browsers I tried: Chrome 32, IE 11, Firefox 26, and Safari.

    I also booted Windows in safe mode and the problem still occurred.

    I also ran KingSoft Office Writer and selected File->Open and the same issue occurs after selecting the file -- there is a noticeable delay that wasn't previously there.

    In a code editor (PSPad), opening a file does the same thing as well (hangs for several seconds after selecting the file).

    Randomly during testing, (but probably < ~5% of the time) it doesn't delay and works properly.

    I ran System File Checker and MS Security Essentials, but both turned up a clean machine.

    Has anyone else experienced anything like this lately?

    Thanks,
    Vinnie
      My Computer


  2. Posts : 2
    Florida
    Thread Starter
       #2

    Figured this one out... It turns out a network attached drive was not on for some reason and I had a drive letter mapped to it. Once I turned the drive back on, the hanging symptom went away!
      My Computer


 

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