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Windows Explorer is extremely slow, or at times, unresponsive.
I was wondering if anybody could help me out. I have an HP Pavillion dv6 running MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (upgraded from factory's Windows Vista). Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.10 GHz. 4GB of RAM and a 320GB Hard Drive. I'll start by outlining the problems that occur. Windows Explorer (in my opinion) seems corrupted somehow. For example, I would try to delete a certain file from my desktop, and the window would pop up that states that the item is recycling. However, it would just say calculating and never actually delete the file. Another example would be when I'm exploring files in my computer. The path bar at the top (which usually has a green bar that indicates the page contents are loading) will take forever to load, and would never reach the end. Another problem that may or not be related has to do with AVG free. I would run a full computer scan, and it would come up with 4 infections that could NEVER be quarantined, because the size is too large. Malwarebytes does not find the same infections, which makes me think that they are false-positives. Programs take forever to get started, even when the process is active and taking up memory. I have tried using system restore to an earlier point, but that did not work, so I did a "forward?" system restore back to the latest system image.
I have already tried the following,
- system restores
- AVG 8 free, whole computer scans (result is 4 infections that can't be quarantined. I think the file path is in C:/SWSetup/MSDVD and the files are .cab's)
- Malwarebytes Anti-malware scans (all clean)
- CCleaner registry cleaner and disk cleanup
- Defraggler defragmentation
Any suggestions as what I should do? Are there any good free programs that scan Windows for corrupt files? Should I just backup my computer and re-install Windows 7?