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Whenever I right click on a file in Windows Explorer I get a message that Windows Explorer has stopped working and then it shuts downto the desktop. I am running Windows Vista Home Premium on a Gateway GT5228. It has 2 GB of ram and 140GB unused on the hard drive. I have been running Vista for about a year and the problem just started about a week ago. I hope somebody has a suggestion because at the moment I can't delete or rename anything. I have run an antivirus and antispyware programs and have found nothing. Any ideas will be greatly appreaciated.
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Hi ranma100,
Right-click crashes are caused by third-party shell extensions. You may use the excellent ShellExView tool to isolate the problem. For more information, see "Method 2" in article Right-click is slow or weird behavior caused by context menu handlers.
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Desktop Experience]
Format Factory 2.70 is one program that causes this behavior.
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YW Simon, and thanks for the update!
Lavasoft for me too. Thanks very much Ramesh, would have taken me an age to figure that out!
I'd already run 2 different virus scans!
