Athena

hm...can you explain to me in dumb-down terms on how you fixed it? Did you
just simply turn it off and...unplug it?

I'm having the same problem except it's when I right click in my removable
media folder...

"Gerry" wrote:

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> "Gerry" wrote:Okay ... I found my problem ... dumb luck helped ... I have a
> 160GB external hard drive that is messed up. somehow it was messing up
> explorer. I powered it off ... disconnected it and all is well ... no more
> "not responding" messages, and all aspects of explorer seem to be working
> fine. Now if only I can fix my hard drive ... it has every picture I own on
> it. I just bought Spinrite disc recovery ... wish me luck.
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> >
> > "painistemporary" wrote:
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> > > Hey Paul,
> > >
> > > I'm affraid I don't have answer, but I just wanted to add my voice to yours
> > > because I have exactly the same problem. Here's hoping an answer exists!
> > >
> > > "Paul" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I just recently installed Vista, and every time i try and do pretty much
> > > > anything (Access computer, control panel) It gives me the this error, and
> > > > explorer has to restart, i tried reinstalling but still nothing. Any advice??
> >
> >
> > Please add me to the unhappy list ... with me, it's any time I right click
> > on the desktop ... I get the big lag and the eventual "Windows Explorer Not
> > responding message" ... How difficult is it to go back to XP??