Quicklaunch Issue

AndrewJ · 14-07-2005, 13:37

Hiya all

This issue has just started to occur in the past few days, Say I wish to move or erase quicklaunch icons when I right click on them there is a good 30second pause before the menu comes up.

I have defragmented by harddrive and scanned for known spyware/viruses etc. Also cleaned the registry and rebooted the pc. All to no avail.

Does anyone have any other insight into this problem I am on Windows Xp Home Sp2 if that is any help.

Paul K · 14-07-2005, 13:39

Could be a problem caused by any application that adds an entry to the right click context menu I'm afraid.

AndrewJ · 14-07-2005, 13:41

Eep, that could be alot of programs LOL. From Winrar and Winzip to Avast! and Adaware.

Should I remove and re-install although this problem has recently occured after they have been installed for a few month now?

**Chris** · 14-07-2005, 13:42

Yep, right-clicking is a complete pain in the anus on my machine. There are three or four apps represented there that aren't part of a clean install of Windows. Not much you can do about it AFAIK. Did you install something new recently?

punky · 14-07-2005, 13:43

You could try this to see if it is quicker. Just navigate to this folder on your comp:

In XP:

C:\Documents and Settings\[yourusername]\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

Is this a quick launch problem, or a problem with all right-clicks (context menu)?

If it is a constant problem, check for something you installed to it recent which checks a drive status, like a floppy or CD.

AndrewJ · 14-07-2005, 13:43

Nothing recently which is the baffling pointer, I was removing some icons which link to programs I do not use that much to tidy it up, and thats when I noticed the problem.

I have not installed anything new in about a month now.
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Originally Posted by punky

You could try this to see if it is quicker. Just navigate to this folder on your comp:

In XP:

C:\Documents and Settings\[yourusername]\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

Nice work around thanks

Paul K · 14-07-2005, 13:43

You could start re-installing applications that have entries in the right click menu or you could try a system restore if it's available to you and won't cause you to lose anything important.

AndrewJ · 14-07-2005, 13:45

I disabled system restore the minute I re-install Windows, I shall have to try re-installing everything one by one then on my right click menu and see which one it is.

Paul K · 14-07-2005, 13:48

Have you tried running taskmanager while right-clicking to see if something is chewing up your CPU time while it is trying to show the menu?

philip.j.fry · 14-07-2005, 14:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saxodriver

Eep, that could be alot of programs LOL. From Winrar and Winzip to Avast! and Adaware.

Should I remove and re-install although this problem has recently occured after they have been installed for a few month now?

I did once find a program that allowed you to remove/add things from the context menus without uninstalling the related programs...was a year or two ago though and I can't remember the name of it. Try googling for things like 'context menu editor' or 'right-click remove items' and hopefully you'll get somewhere.

Addendum: I have a feeling that PC World (the magazine not the shop) created it or at least hosted it.

Edit: It was PC Mag.com, here's the download link:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,3229,00.asp
Support only goes up to Windows2000, though it may be worth giving it a try

Paul K · 14-07-2005, 14:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by philip.j.fry

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saxodriver

Eep, that could be alot of programs LOL. From Winrar and Winzip to Avast! and Adaware.

Should I remove and re-install although this problem has recently occured after they have been installed for a few month now?

I did once find a program that allowed you to remove/add things from the context menus without uninstalling the related programs...was a year or two ago though and I can't remember the name of it. Try googling for things like 'context menu editor' or 'right-click remove items' and hopefully you'll get somewhere.

Addendum: I have a feeling that PC World (the magazine not the shop) created it or at least hosted it.

This any good?
http://www.bartdart.com/downloads/co...torinstall.exe

AndrewJ · 14-07-2005, 14:18

This gets more weird went to uninstall Winzip ( I still had the beta version

and got a error saying it was already uninstalled, seeing as I do tend to use Winrar more I went further seems some files from Winzip including the context on right menu was still installed, I have manually removed some last keys from the registry and rebooted and now its working fine.

Go figure, thanks people