Customizing Windows Explorer, context Menu, right click Menu, Windows 7

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• Is there a difference through the add printer from the Menu then simply open the print server in the Explorer, and then right-click on the printer you want, and then hit?

  Add a network printer (add printer vs right-click-> Connect)

  Hey just have a quick question that I can't find anywhere.

  To add network printers is there a difference through the add printer from the Menu then opening just the print server in the Explorer, and then right-click on the printer you want and pressing on connect?

  Hello Doughty08,

  No, there is no difference. Both methods will install the same printer available driver and the two will work the printer even.

• Windows explore crashes on right-click

  Whenever I do a right click on a file in Windows Explorer, I get a message that Windows Explorer has stopped working and then it shut downto the office.  I am running Windows Vista Home Premium on a gateway GT5228. It has 2 GB of ram and unused 140 GB hard disk.  I've been running Vista for about a year and the problem just started a week ago.  I hope someone has a suggestion because at the moment I can't delete or rename anything.  I ran a software antivirus and anti spyware and found nothing.  Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.

  Hi ranma100,

  Right-click accidents are caused by third-party shell extensions. You can use the excellent ShellExView to isolate the problem. For more information, see "Method 2" section right-click is slow or weird behavior caused by context menus management. Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Desktop Experience]

• Windows Explorer closes when right click on a picture

  Family running windows 7 premium preinstalled on compaq sg3 130 uk. When right click on any photo in meesage windows Explorer appears "Windows Explorer has stopped working, to seek solutions" it is followed by the closure of windows Explorer and restarting office. Check the viruses with Norton 360, and loads of new software recently. Tried restoring the system for the last month, continues to stil. Can open pictures by double clicking, can check the properties of folders, etc, but not the picures, suggestions please.

  Posted by Ramesh Srinivasan on the Microsoft Answers site >

  Right-click accidents are caused by third-party shell extensions. Use the excellent ShellExView tool to isolate the problem. For more information, see "Method 2" section right-click is slow or weird behavior caused by context menus management.

• Slow extreem Windows Explorer with a right click on the name of the file

  My Windows Explorer is extremely slow when I right click on a file in there. But only when I have the network connection is active.
  I found the reason that on the MS page http://windowsxp.mvps.org/rcdelay.htm but I can't apply the Advisor inside. It shows a very old version of RegScaner and when I run it I get a lot of folder of registry which begin by-string. I'm afraid of making a bad choice!

  It would be nice if someone could guide me on this matter, please!
  Everything that happens on the Dell Latitude D620 with Windows XP SP3.

  PIKO

  You probably don't want to disable one at a time.  Try groups of 20 or 30 at a time.  I'm not sure you need restart between trials.  Some extensions of the sample I tested were immediately disabled and right click on a file did not show the options for this extension.  It wouldn't surprise me that you will not be able to disable each extension.  Work with those that you can and see if something helps you.  Look in the 'File name' column and suspect that any file that begins with "------" or a drive letter that does not correspond to a hard drive on your system.

  If you do not want to use RegScanner, do the same with Regedit.  Run Regedit (start-> Run-> 'regedit'), simple click on 'My Computer' to select it, make an edition-> find, enter your------the field search and click "next".  It stops at the next occurrence.  Press the F3 key to find the one that follows after that.  I think you will find that there are many references to '-', some occurring in places that you probably want to touch.  Unless you know what you're doing, editing the registry can be dangerous.  Always back up the registry first before making any changes.

  HTH,
  JW

• Windows Explorer error when right clicking

  When the right click on Windows Explorer stops immediately with the following message «windows explorer has stopped working, please wait while searching for a solution»
  Program stops & is able to be retired manually.
  Checking for malware & virus - clean

  Advice please

  Mal_UK

  Hello

  The convenience store right click above should be your main idea, however sometimes these questions
  have several factors in play, then use the below if necessary, and it would not hurt to apply these anyway.

  What antivirus/antispyware/security products do you have on the machine? Be one you have NEVER
  on this machine, including those you have uninstalled (they leave leftovers behind which can cause
  strange problems).

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  Follow these steps:

  Start - type this in the search box-> find COMMAND at the top and RIGHT CLICK – RUN AS ADMIN

  Enter this at the command prompt - sfc/scannow

  How to analyze the log file entries that the Microsoft Windows Resource Checker (SFC.exe) program
  generates in Windows Vista cbs.log
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/928228

  Also run CheckDisk, so we cannot exclude as much as possible of the corruption.

  How to run the check disk at startup in Vista
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/67612-check-disk-Chkdsk.html

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  After the foregoing:

  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135
  How to troubleshoot performance issues in Windows Vista
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950685

  Optimize the performance of Microsoft Windows Vista
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/959062
  To see everything that is in charge of startup - wait a few minutes with nothing to do - then right-click
  Taskbar - the Task Manager process - take a look at stored by - Services - this is a quick way
  reference (if you have a small box at the bottom left - show for all users, then check that).

  How to check and change Vista startup programs
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/79612-startup-programs-enable-disable.html

  A quick check to see that load method 2 is - using MSCONFIG then put a list of
  those here.
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  Tools that should help you:

  Process Explorer - free - find out which files, key of registry and other objects processes have opened.
  What DLLs they have loaded and more. This exceptionally effective utility will show you even who has
  each process.
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

  Autoruns - free - see what programs are configured to start automatically when you start your system
  and you log in. Autoruns also shows you the full list of registry and file locations where applications can
  Configure auto-start settings.
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
  Process Monitor - Free - monitor the system files, registry, process, thread and DLL real-time activity.
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/bb896645.aspx

  There are many excellent free tools from Sysinternals
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/default.aspx

  -Free - WhatsInStartUP this utility displays the list of all applications that are loaded automatically
  When Windows starts. For each request, the following information is displayed: Type of startup (registry/Startup folder), Command - Line String, the product name, Version of the file, the name of the company;
  Location in the registry or the file system and more. It allows you to easily disable or remove unwanted
  a program that runs in your Windows startup.
  http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/what_run_in_startup.html

  There are many excellent free tools to NirSoft
  http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/index.html

  Window Watcher - free - do you know what is running on your computer? Maybe not. The window
  Watcher says it all, reporting of any window created by running programs, if the window
  is visible or not.
  http://www.KarenWare.com/PowerTools/ptwinwatch.asp

  Many excellent free tools and an excellent newsletter at Karenware
  http://www.KarenWare.com/

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  Vista and Windows 7 updated drivers love then here's how update the most important.

  This is my generic how updates of appropriate driver:

  This utility, it is easy see which versions are loaded:

  -Free - DriverView utility displays the list of all device drivers currently loaded on your system.
  For each driver in the list, additional useful information is displayed: load address of the driver,
  Description, version, product name, company that created the driver and more.
  http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/DriverView.html

  For drivers, visit manufacturer of emergency system and of the manufacturer of the device that are the most common.
  Control Panel - device - Graphics Manager - note the brand and complete model
  your video card - double - tab of the driver - write version information. Now, click on update
  Driver (this can do nothing as MS is far behind the certification of drivers) - then right-click.
  Uninstall - REBOOT it will refresh the driver stack.

  Repeat this for network - card (NIC), Wifi network, sound, mouse, and keyboard if 3rd party
  with their own software and drivers and all other main drivers that you have.

  Now in the system manufacturer (Dell, HP, Toshiba as examples) site (in a restaurant), peripheral
  Site of the manufacturer (Realtek, Intel, Nvidia, ATI, for example) and get their latest versions. (Look for
  BIOS, Chipset and software updates on the site of the manufacturer of the system here.)

  Download - SAVE - go to where you put them - right click - RUN AD ADMIN - REBOOT after
  each installation.

  Always check in the Device Manager - drivers tab to be sure the version you actually install
  presents itself. This is because some restore drivers before the most recent is installed (sound card drivers
  in particular that) so to install a driver - reboot - check that it is installed and repeat as
  necessary.

  Repeat to the manufacturers - BTW in the DO NOT RUN THEIR SCANNER device - check
  manually by model.

  Look at the sites of the manufacturer for drivers - and the manufacturer of the device manually.
  http://pcsupport.about.com/od/driverssupport/HT/driverdlmfgr.htm

  How to install a device driver in Vista Device Manager
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/193584-Device-Manager-install-driver.html

  If you update the drivers manually, then it's a good idea to disable the facilities of driver under Windows
  Updates, that leaves about Windows updates but it will not install the drivers that will be generally
  older and cause problems. If updates offers a new driver and then HIDE it (right click on it), then
  get new manually if you wish.

  How to disable automatic driver Installation in Windows Vista - drivers
  http://www.AddictiveTips.com/Windows-Tips/how-to-disable-automatic-driver-installation-in-Windows-Vista/
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730606 (WS.10) .aspx

  Hope these helps.

  Rob - bicycle - Mark Twain said it is good.

• Windows Explorer crashes on right-click

  I received a notification that my drive (d) system was low on space, but when I right click on it in Windows Explorer to see the properties, Explorer crashed and restarted. Other functions seem to be ok - what can be wrong?

  Is there another way to view the properties of a disk?

  Hello

  We must launch SFC (System File Checker).

  System File Checker is a Windows utility that allows users to find corruptions in Windows system files and restore the damaged files. This article describes how run the tool (SFC.exe) System File Checker to scan your system for files and to repair the system missing or damaged files. If a Protection of resources Windows (WRP) file is missing or is damaged, Windows may not behave as expected. For example, some Windows functions may not work, or Windows may crash.

  Follow the steps in the link below on how to run a scan of your computer:

  System File Checker

  Let us know what happens.

• The Windows 7 Explorer crashes on right-click of the mouse, frequent and erratic behavior.

  These two events are logged:

  The failing application name: Explorer.EXE, version: 6.1.7600.16404, time stamp: 0x4a765771
  The failed module name: ntdll.dll, version: 6.1.7600.16385, time stamp: 0x4a5be02b
  Exception code: 0xc0000374
  Offset: 0x00000000000c6cd2
  ID of the process failed: 0xaa0
  Start time of application vulnerabilities: 0x01ca6d1cbd811ba4
  The failing application path: C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
  The failed module path: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
  Report ID: 59239820-d913-11de-b63c-0018f3278051

  The failing application name: Explorer.EXE, version: 6.1.7600.16404, time stamp: 0x4a765771
  Name of the failed module: msvcrt.dll, version: 7.0.7600.16385, time stamp: 0x4a5bdfbe
  Exception code: 0xc000041d
  Offset: 0x000000000000117a
  ID of the process failed: 0xe44
  Start time of application vulnerabilities: 0x01ca6d2a66ddc14f
  The failing application path: C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
  Path of the failing module: C:\Windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
  Report ID: aa2141dc-d91d-11de-b63c-0018f3278051

  You could start by uninstalling Bit Defender Total Security, if you have one. Frustration with malfunction of right-click, I did a clean and added hardware installation and software point by point. Right-click crashed the computer as soon as I updated Bit Defender 2010. The problem has disappeared as soon as I uninstalled Bit Defender and installed AVG. Checked with forum user Bit Defender and, Yes, they know the problem.

• Explorer crashes when right click on a drive letter

  I use windows 7. I have 2 ssd drives and a HARD drive. I alos have DRUNK drives on USB ports. Whenever I right-click a drive to see how much free space there is on the disc, the Explorer locks and indicates his tent to find a solution to the problem and then restart Explorer. I really need a way to see how much free space on the disks.

  Thank you

  Moved from feedback

  Hi Beakbryce,

  Thanks for posting your question in the Microsoft Community forums.

  I see from the description of the problem that you are unable to check how much free space there are on a drive and an Explorer Windows locks when you try to check the same.

  I imagine the inconvenience that you are experiencing. We are here to help and guide you in the right direction.

  To provide the proper resolution, that I would need more information on your side.

  1. do you receive any error messages?

  2. did you of recent changes on the computer before this problem?

  This behavior can occur if the there is a conflict between third-party applications, or if there is no corrupted system file.

  Method 1:
  Let's start with the computer in Mode safe start to check if the problem occurs in Mode without failure. If the problem does not occur in Mode safe, then you can try to set up your computer in a clean boot state to find what startup item or service is causing the problem.

  Step 1:
  To restart in Safe Mode follow the steps.

  Startup options (including safe mode)

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/advanced-startup-options-including-safe-mode

  If the problem does not occur in Mode safe mode, and then try to perform the clean boot.

  Step 2:
  To perform Clean boot follow the procedure below.

  By setting your boot system minimum state helps determine if third-party applications or startup items are causing the problem.

  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or Windows 7:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135

  Note: After the boot minimum troubleshooting step, follow the "How to reset the computer to start as usual after a clean boot troubleshooting" section in the link provided to return the computer to a Normal startup mode.

  Method 2:
  If the problem persists, I suggest that you run SFC [System File Checker] scan on the computer that could scan all protected files to verify their versions to verify if there is any changes made to the files and if there is no corrupt files. And will replace them with the correct version.

  
  Use the System File Checker tool to troubleshoot missing or corrupted on Windows Vista or Windows 7 system files
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929833

  Let us know the status of the issue after you perform the troubleshooting steps. If you need help or information about Windows Explorer issue, I'll be happy to help you. We, at tender Microsoft to excellence.

• Explorer crashes when right-clicking on files or folder

  My Windows 7 is full of problems.

  -I can't see its properties (it just does nothing, can't even see if my W7 is 32 or 64 bit).

  -When right click on any folder or files on W-Explorer, the Weekend crashes.

  -In addition, the Windows Update does not work. I already ran that "FIX" app and the problem was not solved. ".

  -To the end, to start Windows, I have this error code 0 x 80040154.

  Can someone help me please?
  Thank you very much!

  Hello

  You did changes to the computer before the show?

  I suggest you try the steps from the following link:

  I suggest you try the steps from the following link:

  Windows Explorer may hang in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/2515325

  Note: This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you proceed with caution. For added protection, back up the registry before you edit it. Then you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article: back up the registry in Windows 7

• Windows Explorer stops when right click.

  I am running Vista and when I go into Windows explore (File Explorer) I see all my files, but if I click right, or just simply remove any file, Windows Explorer closes down. I have recently upgraded to Windows 7 and the problem persists.

  For any question on Windows 7:

  http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/category/Windows7

  Link above is Windows 7 Forum for questions on Windows 7.

  Windows 7 questions should be directed to the it.

  You are in the Vista Forums.

  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• I would like to change the order in which the items are displayed in context menus (right click).

  I just got 38.2.0 of Thunderbird and I want to be able to customize, as indicated in the subject of this question. I can find how to proceed for the toolbars, but, not for the context menus. Thanks for your help.

  BTW - I think I will like the new implementation of calendar. Thank you!

  Kind regards
  Jim

  Try this add-on.
  https://addons.Mozilla.org/en-us/Thunderbird/addon/s3menu-Wizard/

• Under XP I have right click Start exploring, when I right click on a file, it says Explorer has encountered a problem, I need help.

  In the error message, there is a lot of information sent to Microsoft, but I have never had a response from them or been able to correct the problem myself. So what good sends an error problem to Microsoft each time got? Please notify that it is driving me crazy...

  Usually, this is caused by an expansion of the Shell program.  Download and run the program freeware "ShellExView".  He will present a screen with all the Shell Extensions present.  Disable them a little at a time by unchecking them until you find the one that is causing the problem.

  HTH,
  JW

• Remove "Print Directory Listing" option to context menu in Windows Explorer

  remove the "Print Directory Listing" of Windows 7, the Windows Explorer context menu and corresponding registry cleaning

  This answer is not answering the question of how do to REMOVE the feature list of directories printed after installation using the referenced article.  The question is how you UNINSTALL both printed directories list the choices no longer appears in the right click menu?

  Thank you!

• Make a right-click crashes Explorer in several versions. It is a BUG, not a third-party software error. Difficulty?

  In this forum and in many places around the internet (several hundreds) there are people complaining of strange and unexpected behavior in Windows.  I saw this for Windows 8, and I have Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit experience. The error is simply

  (1) If, in the left pane of Windows Explorer (WE), I right-click a specific item, IT crashes with a "Windows Explorer is closing and attempt to restart.

  The weird part of this is that

  (2) if I click on exactly the same thing in the right pane, I get the menu box expected, no problem.

  A photo is below. Given that the same command gives different results when called only slightly differently, and that happens on different platforms, I must conclude that it is a bug persisted in the way Windows handles the right click.  Here are a few things that are NOT useful:

  -Execution of SFC/scannow.   My file systems are beautiful, according to this, and I still have the bug

  -Running chkdsk /f once again, no errors

  -Creating a crash dump file.  When I do that, I symbol search path is: * invalid * I can post all if useful.

  Here are a couple of things that may or may not help

  -In the course of execution ShellExView and disabling some of the DLLs not microsoft (did not work for me)

  -Deletion of a specific key in the registry, it is [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ * \shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\BriefcaseMenu]
  @= "{85BBD920-42A0-1069-A2E4-08002B30309D}" it worked for me

  Here's what I suspect may have caused this:

  -Install Truecrypt 7.1 has and the creation of a file encrypted (by removing the file and uninstall Truecrypt did not help)

  -Installation of Oneview (withdrawal did not help)

  -Installation of EASEUS backup or a backup of the AOMEI.  (Even once, uninstalling did not help).

  OK, I say that this kind of things the uninstaller did not help.  This morning, since the problem has persisted, I rebooted AOMEI.  And that is, do a right-click now works left pane.  AOMEI associated reinstall?  So it is not only a problem, but an unstable.

  Anyone can add any idea here?  A real solution?

  

  OK, more information. The question of Spybot is known for them. With the permission of Spybot, if you want to solve the problem without uninstalling Spybot:
  Open Spybot (right-click on the icon and "Run as Administrator")
  Click on 'User Mode '.
  Select settings, and then click tab "System Integration".
  Uninstall "Windows Explorer intégration"
  Click 'Apply' and 'Ok '.
  You can also launch parameters using the icon in the STTray (near the clock on lower ERS.)

  As Spybot has been uninstalled, I reinstalled, using the path "I want to control what is installed.
  On the "Select additional tasks" box, there is a section 'Intégration' I décliqués the two boxes on an Explorer Autoplay, the other related to the context Menu. I'll report if it does not work.

  Thanks to SpyBot for their quick response.

  [Cross posted on the Sevens Forum]