Right-clicking On Drive Causes Problems...

[Business_Eskimo]

I just tried it, no dice. Thanks for trying to drag me through all the possible solutions....

Could it possibly be something in the registry?

[Mobo]

Lets try repairing some components.


Method 1: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x Repair for Windows XP

* From the Start menu, select Run.
* In the Open field, type sfc /scannow (Note: There is a space between sfc and /scannow)
* Select the OK button.
* Follow the prompts throughout the System File Checker process.
* Reboot the computer when System File Checker completes.

Method 2: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x Repair for Windows XP

* From the Start menu, select Search, select All Files and Folders.
* Select More Advanced Options and place a checkmark beside Search Hidden Files and Folders option.
* Ensure that Search System Folders and Search Subfolders are also checked.
* In the All or Part of the File Name box, type ie.inf
* In the Look In drop-down menu, select C: or the letter of the hard drive that contains the Windows folder.
* Click the Search button.
* In the search results pane, find the ie.inf file located in Windows\Inf folder.
* Right click the ie.inf file and click Install on the context menu.
* Reboot the computer when the file copy process is complete.

[Business_Eskimo]

Finished. It dodn't fix it. What else could possibly go wrong? [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif[/img]

[Mobo]

Something to look at:

Start / run / services.msc
Scroll down to Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service. Double click and verify its on autimatic and started.

Alco check in on RPC Locator and make certain its set to manual .

[Business_Eskimo]

They are set to those settings.

[Mobo]

Out of curiosity are you able to use the control panel?

[Business_Eskimo]

Perfectly fine. I have seen no other symptoms other than the freezing when I rick click on a drive in My Computer or Windows Explorer and the freezing when I navigate to Tools>Folder Options>File Types.

[Mobo]

Have you done a disk cleanup and defrag the drive ?

[Business_Eskimo]

I just ran the Disk Cleanup Utility although it doesn't do anything that we haven't done earlier ( deleting temporary files, etc etc.). I can't see how defragmenting the drive would help this is any way as it has been about a month since I wiped the drive and have defragged since, so I have not done that.

[Mobo]

Well my last piece of thought would be to system restore back to before the problem bagan..