Windows Explorer freezes on right click


  1. barryrosen
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    Windows 7 Home Edition 64 bit
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    Windows Explorer freezes on right click


    Explorer.exe crashes when I right click on a folder. I've run Event Viewer and see Application Hang Event ID 1002 (101). That doesn't tell me anything about what is hanging as far as I can determine. Any advice would be appreciated.
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  3. JMH
    Posts : 7,952
    Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit. SP1.
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    Welcome barryrosen.

    Please read through the links below to gather more information, that hopefully may provide you with some clues, re your particular problem.
    Note the links are in a random order.

    https://www.sevenforums.com/crashes-d...r-x64-rtm.html

    https://www.sevenforums.com/crashes-d...-crashing.html

    Troubleshooting Explorer.exe Crashing Issues

    FIX: The Explorer.exe process stops responding (hangs) when you use Windows Explorer that hosts a shell extension that was created by using MFC

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