When I right click on icons, (such as mp3's, photos, games, ect.) the menu doesn't open for a few minutes. the cursor just turns to the blue loading circle. eventually it DOES open, but it should be at least 2-5 seconds! Not minutes.
How can I fix this?
Im up to date with my virus scans, and registry cleaners
hope you can help me!
thank you :)
If you weren't quite so up-to-date with the "registry cleaners" it probably wouldn't happen :)
Does the symptom reproduce in safe mode (press F8 at startup time to get there)?
I knew someone was gonna say that!
I've heard positive, and negative things about registry cleaners
But im pretty good about it!
I usually only delete the registry for uninstalled programs that have leftover files on my computer.
I haven't tried it in safe mode yet
the problem doesn't occur 100% of the time
it happens about 60% of the time, so its hard to determine if it works or not in safe mode
"Cleaning" the registry is analogous to letting your Feng Shui Consultant tell you which of the house's supporting walls should go because they impede the flow of positive energy.
It's important to know whether the issue is reproducible in safe mode. The outcome channels subsequent troubleshooting into different directions.
What version and build of 7 do you have installed? What software have you installed? Have you installed any third party codec packs, any "tweaking" software, etc?
Post a screenshot of the right click menu once it has opened. We could possibly pick out something shown that could be the cause.
I remember back in the XP era I once found out this kind of behaviour was caused by bad handlers, i.e. some third party software had added something not so well coded to the context menu thus almost crippling it.
Just my 2 cents...
Kari
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