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Odd pauses in Explorer when clicking or opening items
Hi all,
I have 7 home premium 64. This is a fresh build of the OS. I'm getting these occasional odd pauses when clicking on something in Windows explorer. example, i just double clicked a file to open it (a zip), and instead of just opening right up, there was a 5 to 6 second delay, then it opens fine. Also, it may happen when I just click on a file to select it. There will be no response, and then 5 seconds later, it'll turn blue to indicate it's selected.
I've had Win7 on all this same hardware since October, but it's just on this recent build that this started happening. I must note that this is only happening occasionally, not frequently, but enough to be annoying.
Anyone have any clues on what might be causing this? The hard drive is otherwise lightning fast and responsive.
i7-920 @ 2.66 | 6GB DDR 1600 | OS on 500GB WD AAKS | Gigabyte UD3R mobo with F11 bios
edit: I just remembered a friend had sent me a registry file with some tweaks in it. Here are the contents:
..............BEGIN COPY
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"MenuShowDelay"="200"
"HungAppTimeout"="4000"
"WaitToKillAppTimeout"="5000"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem]
"NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation"=dword:00000001
"NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"ForegroundLockTimeout"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control]
"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="5000"
..............END COPY
Could any of those had anything to do with it? And if so, can they be reversed?
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoLowDiskSpaceChecks"=dword:00000001