hey I'm having the same problem
I hav 17 gb left on C drv
and 2gb ram
and having vista home premium on HP laptop
sometimes in normal work routine when i click on taskbar or try to open
other program or folder it doesnt respond and on repetitive pressing say 2-3
times a dialogue box comes above start button saying :this application is not
responding
please wait it may respond in few minute or du u want 2 end process"
and everything stops working and i have to end process then explorer
restarts and everything back to normal please help
"mbech23" wrote:
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> Hi. I have this problem I'm hoping I can get ANY help with.
>
> For the last month or so, I've been having a problem with Windows
> Explorer. At random times, and often several times once it begins, my
> computer freezes and a message comes up: "Windows Explorer is Not
> Responding." I'll be working in one program and want to bring up
> another, and out of nowhere, I get the hourglass icon and not a single
> program that is open will respond. In fact, my entire Start menu won't
> come up.
>
> After repeatedly clicking on the program, or on anything on my task
> bar, the 'Windows Explorer is Not Responding' sign comes up and gives
> me these options: Close the program or Wait for the program to respond.
> And only if I click on 'Close the Program' will it activate, tell me
> 'Windows is checking for a solution to the problem' and after about
> five seconds of the programs I am using freezing completely, everything
> returns to normal.
>
> When this happens, Ctrl+Alt+Del will work but the best I can do from
> there is start the Task Manager and it simply tells me "Explorer.exe"
> is not responding. What exactly is Windows Explorer, and how do I fix
> this?
>
> If it helps, I have Windows Vista Home Basic on a Toshiba laptop, and
> the program I most recently added to it since this problem began is the
> Microsoft Zune Program, but this happens whether I use Zune or not.
> Aside from that, there really doesn't seem to be any pattern.
>
> I hope I provided enough information and I'm sorry I'm not more
> tech-savvy. Thanks!
>
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> mbech23
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