Windows Explorer Right-Click Takes a Long Time to Display Menu

EasyGoingPat · 21 Jun 2016

Hi,

For reasons I am unaware of, my previously-bulletproof Windows 10 Pro has developed an annoying problem. When I right-click a file in the right-hand pane of Explorer, the context menu can take in excess of 30 seconds to appear. Generally, this happens only the first time after a new boot. It does subsequently get a bit faster, but I am still sure it is slower than it was a couple of weeks back.

I haven't installed any new software, but I think at least one Windows Update may have been applied. I can't recall if the fault beginning coincided with a Windows Update.

Does anyone know what might be wrong and more importantly how I might fix this?

Kind wishes ~ Patrick

swarfega · 21 Jun 2016

Do you do this as soon as the desktop appears? Because if you do, programs are probably still loading.

Have you performed any software maintenance on your pc in a while? Things I run on a weekly basis are ccleaner, wise disk cleaner, SuperAntiSpyware, Malwarebytes, <your chosen AV software> and Windows Defrag.

Another thing to try is sfc:

1. open "cmd" as administrator
2. type in sfc /scannow (the space before the / is important)
3. check the results when finished.

EasyGoingPat · 21 Jun 2016

Thank you for the reply.

I have Norton running and it has reported no problems.

sfc /scannow also reports no problems.

The system disk is an SSD, so I don't think that should be the source of the slow-down.

- Patrick

shimshom · 21 Jun 2016

Have a look here and you might find the answer

Fix for Very Slow or Hang When Right Click On a File or Folder â€¢ Raymond.CC

Also have you tried to disable Norton to test if it makes a difference

EasyGoingPat · 21 Jun 2016

shimshom said:

Have a look here and you might find the answer

Fix for Very Slow or Hang When Right Click On a File or Folder â€¢ Raymond.CC

Also have you tried to disable Norton to test if it makes a difference

I will try both of those. Unfortunately, because this behaviour only happens once per reboot, it is going to take me a while to locate the culprit. If/when I do, I'll post my findings. In the meantime, thank you.

- Patrick

EasyGoingPat · 06 Aug 2016

EasyGoingPat said:

I will try both of those. Unfortunately, because this behaviour only happens once per reboot, it is going to take me a while to locate the culprit. If/when I do, I'll post my findings. In the meantime, thank you.

- Patrick

ShellExView seems to have cured the problem, but I had to disable pretty much everything non-Microsoft to do it. So now I guess I have to slowly re-enable things one-by-one, to try to spot the one that was causing the problem.

Thank you for the help.

Kind wishes ~ Patrick