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Windows Explorer Hangs - Sometimes!

M

Mike

Flightless Bird
If I launch Windows Explorer via the "My Computer" icon or the WindowsLogo-E
shortcut key, it hangs. When I launch Windows Explorer via the "My Documents"
icon or the Start menu, it's fine.

(When I reboot, it's usually okay either way for a little while. It starts
to hang after I've launched it a few times.)

Weird. Any thoughts?
 
J

John Wunderlich

Flightless Bird
=?Utf-8?B?TWlrZQ==?= <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:1FDAC243-B980-47E9-BD57-8C37C2198889@microsoft.com:

>
> If I launch Windows Explorer via the "My Computer" icon or the
> WindowsLogo-E shortcut key, it hangs. When I launch Windows
> Explorer via the "My Documents" icon or the Start menu, it's fine.
>
> (When I reboot, it's usually okay either way for a little while.
> It starts to hang after I've launched it a few times.)
>
> Weird. Any thoughts?
>


Here's a thought...

When you launch it via "My Computer" or Windows-E key it brings up the
explorer window that includes all drives including network drives.
When you double-click on "My Documents", you only get a single folder
on your hard drive. Perhaps you have a network drive that is not
responding and Explorer is waiting for it to respond. Network timeouts
are usually in the order of 20-30 seconds or so. If queried serially,
multiple network drives could really add up on the time delay.
Something to try: When you see this delay, try unplugging your network
cable and/or turn off wireless networking (this should eliminate all
network delays) before bringing up Explorer. See if things change.

Also, having a drive that is not responding can cause similar delays.

HTH,
John
 
M

Mike

Flightless Bird
Well, it turned out that it was a drive connection to a share/server that no
longer exists. (Actually, there were two of them.)

Your suggestion made me double-check my drive connections.

Still seems rather strange, though. When I would open My Documents, I would
click on the folders icon, so it would list all my connected drives, just
like My Computer. And My Computer would hang permanently - not just the 20 -
30 seconds (or 40 - 60 seconds) that I would have expected.

Anyway, it looks like I'm good.


"John Wunderlich" wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?TWlrZQ==?= <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> news:1FDAC243-B980-47E9-BD57-8C37C2198889@microsoft.com:
>
> >
> > If I launch Windows Explorer via the "My Computer" icon or the
> > WindowsLogo-E shortcut key, it hangs. When I launch Windows
> > Explorer via the "My Documents" icon or the Start menu, it's fine.
> >
> > (When I reboot, it's usually okay either way for a little while.
> > It starts to hang after I've launched it a few times.)
> >
> > Weird. Any thoughts?
> >

>
> Here's a thought...
>
> When you launch it via "My Computer" or Windows-E key it brings up the
> explorer window that includes all drives including network drives.
> When you double-click on "My Documents", you only get a single folder
> on your hard drive. Perhaps you have a network drive that is not
> responding and Explorer is waiting for it to respond. Network timeouts
> are usually in the order of 20-30 seconds or so. If queried serially,
> multiple network drives could really add up on the time delay.
> Something to try: When you see this delay, try unplugging your network
> cable and/or turn off wireless networking (this should eliminate all
> network delays) before bringing up Explorer. See if things change.
>
> Also, having a drive that is not responding can cause similar delays.
>
> HTH,
> John
> .
>
 
J

John Wunderlich

Flightless Bird
=?Utf-8?B?TWlrZQ==?= <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:D98CB758-7891-4D50-ADE3-E6F240AF010D@microsoft.com:

> Your suggestion made me double-check my drive connections.
>
> Still seems rather strange, though. When I would open My
> Documents, I would click on the folders icon, so it would list all
> my connected drives, just like My Computer. And My Computer would
> hang permanently - not just the 20 - 30 seconds (or 40 - 60
> seconds) that I would have expected.
>
> Anyway, it looks like I'm good.
>


I'm glad the problem is solved even if there are still some mysteries.
Thanks for the feedback.
-- John
 
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