johnnyboy2007

I have this issue, and its not a CPU-related one (when the problem occurs,
CPU is somewhere between 1 and 5%). My understanding leads me to think its a
permissions issue, but taking ownership and full control of the files makes
no difference. Elevating permissions makes zero difference. For info, i did
the upgrade from XP SP2, to Vista Business edition.

I'm tempted to do a clean install but I can't back some of my files up
becuase of this issue!! (occurs when copying, sometimes when clicking on one
of the files in a "open" dialog box, emptying recycle bin, and deleting
files). Most files are fine - just a few of these rogue files that are
driving me nuts!




"TCTUTOR" wrote:

> I've been running Vista Business Edition RTM since the November 17th release.
> I've begun having problems with Windows Explorer hanging every time I try to
> delete a file, empty the recycle bin, or rename a file. The "Calculating
> Time Remaining" dialog comes up and then just sits there until I eventually
> try to close it (8-10 minutes!) and then I get a message that Windows
> Explorer has quit working, a lot of data collection goes on, and then a
> problem report is sent to Microsoft. It's getting pretty old...does anyone
> have an idea what's going on?
>
> It may be unrelated, but I suspect the problem may have started around the
> time I loaded Office 2007. I had so many problems with Outlook 2007
> (couldn't get it to run in anything but safe mode, even with all add-ins
> disabled) that I finally unistalled Office 2007 and went back to Office 2003.
> This problem with Windows Explorer hangs began while I had Office 2007
> loaded, and it did not go away when I uninstalled Office 2007. It may be
> unrelated, but...