My computer takes forever to open files or programs.

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• Windows live hotmail takes forever to open. Looks like there are so many sites running through the taskbar

  Hotmail takes forever to open. the task bar will say (done) and then it will be (pending) for something else. It goes on too long. What is the problem?

  Submit all Live and Hotmail queries on the forum right here:

  Windows Live Solution Center
  http://windowslivehelp.com/

• my computer takes forever to load

  original title: loading

  my computer takes forever to load, it did not have it an hour ago. And a message pops up saying something about the script to stop work or something like that. Just started this about 45 minutes ago. What can I do to fix this? I have to reset if the manufacturer or what? Help, please

  Hello

  try a restore of the system before this happened

  http://www.windowsvistauserguide.com/system_restore.htm

  If necessary do in safe mode

  Windows Vista

  Using the F8 method:

  1. Restart your computer.
  2. When the computer starts, you will see your computer hardware are listed. When you see this information begins to tap theF8 key repeatedly until you are presented with theBoot Options Advanced Windows Vista.
  3. Select the Safe Mode option with the arrow keys.
  4. Then press enter on your keyboard to start mode without failure of Vista.
  5. To start Windows, you'll be a typical logon screen. Connect to your computer and Vista goes into safe mode.
  6. Do whatever tasks you need and when you are done, reboot to return to normal mode.

  ________________________________________________________________

  If you ever have to reinstall Vista

  Contact the manufacturer of the laptop computer and ask them to send you to vista recovery disks to reinstall the operating system back as it was when you bought it

  they do it for a nominal cost of $

  also ask them if you have a recovery partition on your hard drive to get back to the way you bought

  you would normally press F8, F9, F10 or F11 or Alt + F10 or 0 to start to start the recovery process according to the manufacturer

  Ask them of the exact key sequence

  or borrow a vista microsoft dvd; not a HP, Acer recovery disk etc

  Make sure that you borrow the correct 32-bit or 64-bit microsoft dvd to your computer

  they contain all versions of vista

  This is the product key that determines which version of vista is installed

  http://www.theeldergeek.com/Vista/vista_clean_installation.html

  How to replace Microsoft software or hardware, order service packs and replace product manuals

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/326246

• Bridge CC 6.3 takes forever to open on Win10 x 64

  Hi, I just updated my CC programs on a single machine at the office and now bridge takes forever to open. His process continues to run in the background (I can see it in the Task Manager) apparently frozen for many not minutes - no disk activity, no CPU activity, nothing - and then, out of nowhere, it loads its interface. After loading, it keeps freezing for no apparent reason. I've uninstalled and reinstalled twice now, rebooted the machine and cleaned preferences, but it made no difference.

  Any suggestions on how to solve this? On other stations everything works normally, by the way.

  Thanks in advance.

  Specs: windows 10 Pro (ver 1511), Core i7 3770, 16 GB RAM, Radeon HD 7000 graphic card.

  Hi Damien,.

  Could you please try to create a profile of a local administrator on your machine and check if the bridge starts very well in this account.

  Kind regards

  Gerard

• Which folder or file not hibernation process store open files or programs on the hard drive?

  Which folder or file not hibernation process store open files or programs on the hard drive?

  Which folder or file not hibernation process store open files or programs on the hard drive?

  Hello

  The Hiberfil.sys hidden system file is located in the folder root of the drive where the operating system is installed. The Windows Kernel Power Manager reserves this file when you install Windows. The size of this file is approximately equal to the amount of memory (RAM) is installed on the computer.
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/920730

• Computer takes forever to stop + display does not properly

  Hello

  My computer began to take a long time to shut down (10-15 minutes) and then crashes with blue screen of death...

  Also when it comes on sometimes it loads but I have no display and my screen goes to power saving mode

  If I reboot, it takes forever to shutdown, then crashes, restarts, and the screen does not work until I'm physically hold the power button to turn off and then turn it on again, then the display works fine again. This only started happening in the last day or two, after I did a system restore.

  Any ideas what could be the problem?

  Thank you, Dan

  Hi Dan,.

  ·         You receive an error message or error on blue screen code?

  ·         Did you do changes on the computer before the show?

  Follow the suggestions below for a possible solution:

  Method 1:

   

  Step 1: Start in safe mode and check if the problem persists.

  Start your computer in safe mode

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/start-your-computer-in-safe-mode

   

  Step 2: If the problem does not occur in safe mode, you can put your system to boot (in normal mode) to solve the problem.

   

  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135

   

  Note: After troubleshooting, be sure to configure the computer to start as usual as mentioned in step 7 in the above article.

  Method 2: Please see the following articles for more information on the set of the computer:

  Why my computer won't turn on or off quickly?

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/why-wont-my-computer-turn-on-or-off-quickly

   

  Demo: Smart ways to turn off your computer

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/demo-smart-ways-to-turn-off-your-computer

  You can also see the following article for more information on improving the quality of display:

  Ways to improve display quality

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/ways-to-improve-display-quality

  Let us know if that helps.

• When I delete an email, he comes back, says I'm not connected when I'm online, takes forever to open an email, filing bad email into folders

  Sign in to hotmail, try opening an emai, takes forever. When I try to delete, comp. will click several times, sometimes temporarily remove the item, or moving to the following email and will then often deleted email return.  Get a msg at the top of the screen saying unable to connect to the internet but will be on.  I can hit refresh and it will go back to the Inbox and sometimes the deleted email will reappear.  May read or delete two emails before the msg comes up saying not on internet, hit refresh and it will return to the Inbox.

  I ran the programs MS Malicious, AVG etc. and claims that there is not a problem, when I tried to down Malware Virus program he claims I had hundreds of load problems.  Tried CCleaner, Pinform and and several other programs that say the same thing that I have problems, but they naturally want to make me buy a program order of difficulty.  delete history and cookies and even defraged nothing helps.

  That is what it is?

  George Craven

  E-mail address is removed from the privacy *.

  Hello

  ·         Are you can browse other websites without any problems?

  ·         Facing this problem with Hotmail?

  ·         What web browser do you use?

  The question you posted would be better suited to Windows Live Solution Center. I suggest you to send your application in the Windows Live Solution Center for better support.

  http://windowslivehelp.com/product.aspx?ProductID=1

  Hope this helps,

• Cannot open files (desktop programs) *.exe

  When I try to open .exe files I get a message error that says "this file doesn't have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Folder Options Control Panel. " I went to control panel > tools > folder options > file types and tried to put 'exe' to 'demand', but that doesn't seem to work. Funny enough, I am able to open other types of programs such as pictures, videos and files PDF and if I open a file html directly, I can open Firefox, but I can't open firefox.exe directly. I want to run an antivirus program or malware-check software, but of course, I can't open any .exe files.

  I am running Windows XP SP3 on a Lenovo Thinkpad T61.

  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Before you answer, please note the specific language in my error message. I want to emphasize that this link does not solve my problem. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837334.

  Hello

  ·         Since when are you facing this problem?

  ·         Remember to make changes to the system?

  Method 1:

  I suggest you follow the steps mentioned in the article below.

  Cannot open files with extensions such as.exe, .com, and.lnk on a Windows XP-based computer

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/923077

  Method 2:

  I suggest that you should follow the steps mentioned in the article below.

  How to change or choose the program that starts when you double-click a file in Windows XP

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/307859

  Method 3:

  If the problem started recently, so, I suggest you do a system restore and see if the problem is resolved. Follow the steps mentioned in the article below.

  How to restore Windows XP to a previous state

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/306084

• Cannot open files or programs, error: Windows needs to know what program to use.

  Original title: I can't open any programs.

  Today, I tried to free up space for some games, I tried to download. In the Remove Programs process I must have learned something really important. Now, all of the icons on the desktop are white and I can't open anything. None of the programs, folders, files, photos. The pop up according to open this file, windows needs to know what program to use. It does give me an option to choose a program and I can't open my internet browser unless I have to go through some point average round through my control panel. If there is a way to solve this problem, it would be really useful. I think that the computer uses Windows Xp.Thank you

  Hello

  Method 1
  Follow the steps in the article to fix your .exe file.

  Cannot open files with extensions such as.exe, .com, and.lnk on a Windows XP-based computer
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/923077

  Important: 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: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756

  Method 2
  I suggest you run virus scan online by using the Microsoft safety scanner.

  Microsoft safety scanner
  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx

  Note: when you do an antivirus online, you will lose data that are affected by the virus. Microsoft is not responsible for the loss of this data.

  Method 3
  I suggest you try the steps from the following link:
  
  How to change or choose the program that starts when you double-click a file in Windows XP
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/307859

  Method 3
  If you still have problems, check in a new user account

  How to copy data from a corrupted to a new profile in Windows XP user profile
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/811151

• I think I messed up. almost everything that I opened that leads me to adobe. Cannot open files or programs menu. ?

  I went where I shoud'nt have been in settings and now and cannot open some files or some of all programs. Cannot open the control panel, he is shooting back is unable to open the file in an adobe window and files are now marked with the adobe logo. System Restore does not help. I can always open internet but use printer ect. They also show adobe in the window... Then I get a WINDOWS saying search the Web for the program to open or browse. I'm exausted out everywhere is going to fix this problem with no result other than buying something that I know can be done without. Thank you Robert K b.

  Hi Robert K B,.
   
  It seems that the file on your computer is corrupted, and the default program to open files is set to Adobe Reader.
   
  Method 1: As a first step of troubleshooting, you can uninstall Adobe Reader and check if the file associations are defined by default.
   
  Method 2:
  Once you uninstall Adobe on your computer, follow these steps to resolve the problem:
   

  a. Click Start, click Run, and type command

  b. type the following commands one by one:

  cd\windows
  Regedit

  c. If the Registry Editor opens successfully, then navigate to the following key:

  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ exefile-shell-open-command

  d. double-click the (default) value in the right pane.

  e. delete the current value data, and then type:

  "%1" %*
  (ie., quote-percent-one-quote-space-percent-asterisk.)

  f. navigate to: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe

  • In the right pane, set (default) exefile

  g. quit the registry editor.

  Check if this helps you.

• cannot open files or programs with icons

  Whenever I try to open files by using icons or shortcuts, I get the following message: System call failed. It has a title of explorer.exe on the box. I can't even get into Control Panel

  Hi Steve,.

  If you are using Vista, go to http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/06/22/reset-and-fix-broken-windows-vista-file-ext-and-type-associations-include-exe-com-sys-zip-lnk-folder-drive/ and scroll down to EXE and click or double-click it to run the program to restore EXE file associations.  Once done, do the same for LNK entry.  That should restore your programs.  If you use Windows 7, go to http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html. If you are using XP, go to http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm.

  Good luck.

  Kosh

• opening files and programs

  Whenever I try to open a file, program, or game it always opens in Notepad, and it's gibberish.

  Can you help me? I have windows 7

  Maybe when opening files, programs or games, someone using this ethylometrique accidentally selected Notepad as default program to open this file. If so, I suggest only at this moment, till I can a search just a little more after that I cook dinner for the family, as you hover your mouse over the item and right click on the file/program/game and in the context menu, scroll to the bottom and click Properties. Once you do this, find the tab to the left and check what kind of program is set to open it with. You may be able to change there

• Computer takes forever to load, the files have no icon

  Hello!

  Since yesterday, I have this problem: when I open computer, the green bar at the top starts to load, there are magnifiers on computer, libraries and Favorites in the left pane and nothing appears in the main pane of Solution Explorer. If I manually navigate to any folder by typing the address, it takes me to this folder, but there is no icons for the files or folders. Although, they open as expected, may be renamed etc., but right click on explore crashes. The desktop icons, menu start and see the control panel correctly.

  No recent program has been installed. Before this problem occurred I accessed a suspicious Web page (from a USB key), but...

  I scanned with Malwarebytes, Spybot, ESET, ran ChkDsk, sfc/scannow.

  They have all found nothing except the sfc found 2 corrupt files that could not be repaired.

  Important the fact is that in Safe Mode, I have the same problem!

  Can someone help me on this?

  Screenshots: https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=68DDE8B5E2A73B7A! 1908 & authkey =! AF_v7TKydOGoaWM

  Correction, I had a virus, but it wasn't the problem.

  I reinstalled windows and all programs, one by one and that the problem was back, but now I now why! The problem occurred after installing Acronis True Image 2013, because I have disabled its services to run automatically. It seems that Acronis is not like that... and he wants to force me unnecessary services running, most of the time. After you have enabled services, the problem disappeared. :) Good to know!

• Computer takes forever to start (windows 8)

  Until recently my phone has taken an hour or more at the start (and I'm pretty sure it takes a lot of time to stop but that doesn't bother me). When I hit the power button / I hear the fan or something when I put my ear close by, but all lights only stays on for a few seconds and then I don't hear it anymore. My computer will simply if sit like a black screen... as the monitor is asleep or something, suspecting he was asleep I tried to hit the SPACEBAR several times to wake up but no it doesn't. . After what seems like years, I finally see the lenovo loading screen and it starts up fast from there. I tried to run ccleaner, tried to make a record of cleaning / optimization, I scanned for virus/malware, I fiddled around in the boot parameters by running 'msconfig', disabled some startup programs and nothing I tried worked even. I go GeekSquad.com and they tried to help me remotely and they said that "it seemed that I just needed a good tuneup", so if any of you know what they do to optimizations that could be useful and I can try to do it myself.

  When I go on the start with Ctrl Alt Del menu it says my last time of bios is about 2.8 seconds

  I guess I can give you the specs of my computer just to save time incase someone asks:

  Lenovo IdeaPad N580

  Windows 8

  Processor: Intel Pentium CPU 2.20 GHz 2.20 GHz B960
  Installed memory (RAM): 4.00 GB (3.87 GB usable)
  System type: 64-bit, x 64 processor operating system
  Pen and touch: no pen or no key is available to view

  It would be great if someone could try and help me, thanks!

  Hello

  Check with support from Lenovo, their online documentation and drivers, diagnostics and ask
  in their forums on known problems.

  Support from Lenovo and downloads
  http://www-307.IBM.com/PC/support/site.WSS/homeLenovo.do

  Lenovo forums
  http://forums.Lenovo.com/

  =================================================

  These should help:

  Crashes Windows or freezes
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/2681286

  Ways to improve the performance of your PC
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-8/improve-PC-performance

  Maintenance & performance
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/performance-maintenance-help#performance-maintenance-help=Windows-8&V2H=win7tab1&V3H=winvistatab1

  How to speed up your PC
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/2746761/en-us

  =======================================================

  You use a 3rd party antivirus/antispyware/security program? If so many people
  can cause slow start from the bottom.

  Check with the support of the system Maker (manufacturer of motherboard for customized systems), their
  online resources and the drivers and ask questions in the forums about known problems.
  Updating the BIOS , drivers of low level chipset and embedded and separate major
  device drivers (anyone who can have an impact on the speed of startup and performance).

  Note the use of Win Key + X and Win Key + W (to go on the Control Panel, Run and parameters
  According to needs). Win + D key calls the office and using Win Key active / disable the office and
  Splash screen.

  Check startup programs.

  Right-click in the left lower corner - Manager of tasks
  Or Windows key + X - Manager of tasks
  Or right click on the taskbar - task manager

  Check the Startup tab.

  More troubleshooting:

  How to perform a clean boot for a problem in Windows Vista, Windows 7,
  or Windows 8
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135

  Other programs to help:

  Autoruns - free - see what programs are configured to start automatically
  When your system boots and you connect. Autoruns also shows you the complete list
  locations of registry and files where applications can configure start automatic settings.
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
  Process Explorer - free - find out what files, registry keys, and other objects
  processes have open, which DLLs they have loaded and more. This unique
  powerful utility will show you even owned by each process.
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

  =======================================================

  If necessary:

  Try to do a "Refresh your PC without affecting your files" (or modification of your personal data
  settings) or even a restore. Be prepared to re - install the programs, applications will remain.
  And having redundant backups of your files on the disk main hard is always a
  good idea.

  Windows 8 includes special discount methods (keep files and settings) or a reset
  (new installation remove all).

  How to restore, refresh or reset your PC
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-8/restore-refresh-reset-PC

  How to create a system image to refresh your PC in Windows 8
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/2748351

  How to update Windows 8
  http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2293-refresh-Windows-8-a.html

  How to reset Windows 8
  http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2302-reset-Windows-8-a.html

  If you need a repair disc:

  Create a system repair disc
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/create-a-system-repair-disc

  How to create a "system repair disc" (CD/DVD) in Windows 8
  http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2855-system-repair-disc-create-Windows-8-a.html

  How to create a recovery USB in Windows 8
  http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/5132-recovery-drive-create-USB-flash-drive-Windows-8-a.html

  I hope this helps.

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• I get error messages, cannot open files or programs, icons on the desktop will not respond, will not recgonize creators of computer files.

  icons are not normal, downloaded progam icons do not show up on desktop, errors of all kinds of files, cannot load down internet Explorer.

  Thank you

  icons are not normal, downloaded progam icons do not show up on desktop, errors of all kinds of files, cannot load down internet Explorer.

  Thank you

  Rebuild your icon cache. It could be damaged

  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/117229-icon-cache-rebuild.html use an easier Option.

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