when creating folder or deleting files explorer freezes "Richb" <richb77[ at ]comcast.net> 12/3/2008 3:29:02 AM Whenever I create a new folder the explorer screen freezes. Nothing else freezes. I have to go to task manager and end the task. When I get back to Explorer the new folder is there. I also have the same issue when I create a desktop short cut or try to delete the desktop shortcut. When I delete a directory I get a message box stating recycling 1 item. I don't think it's my anti virus software. I removed MacAfee and tired creating a new folder, the same thing happened. I also ran malware and spybot. Nothing was found. My windows mail also leaves a process running, this won't allow me to get back into email unless I kill the process. I don't know if this matters but I also lost the look of my Vista start button. It looks like the old XP. Any idea's would be greatly appreciated. THANKS Rich

Re: when creating folder or deleting files explorer freezes Pysis <Pysis.3l72rb[ at ]DoNotSpam.com> 12/29/2008 6:26:15 PM I've had this problem, searched everywhere, tried anything and still nothing. When I delete something by sending it to the Recycle Bin or completely, rename it, move a file, or make a new file or folder in explorer it freezes, entering rename mode but not doing anything does not cause this though. This also happens in any program that attempts the same actions. It's been happening for a whle and I would use system restore if it went back that far. Maybe it was related to the Mail program process not terminating, which I also found to be the problem with windows movie maker. I uninstalled McAffee, and for another COM surrogate error that crashes almost every 30 minutes I tried updating DivX for thumbnails etc. and nothing has helped. Apparently now my search function is broken and freezes explorer as well when I use the small box in the top right corner. I tried enabling/disabling services and still nothing. One thing I saw is to stop error handling in the dllhost program but that's not fixing the problem. I Have Vista Home Premium SP1 on a Dell M1530 and an nVidia GeForce 8300 video card i think. All of this just makes Vista so unwanted. Any help I can get on this would be appreciated. -- Pysis ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pysis's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/pysis.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-file-management/1081497.htm http://forums.techarena.in