How Can I Fix Windows Explorer?

[UXD]

Windows Explorer is taking EONS (well, minutes - many, many minutes)
to figure out the navigation tree every time a new Explorer window is
opened. This means I can't do anything in that window until it
resolves its problem. This happened all of a sudden yesterday when I
returned from work and turned the computer on.

It's a Gateway One with 64-bit Windows 7 Professional.

Any insights on where to look to fix the problem would be appreciated.

Thanks,
- Paul

 

[UXD]

Windows Explorer is taking EONS (well, minutes - many, many minutes)
to figure out the navigation tree every time a new Explorer window is
opened. This means I can't do anything in that window until it
resolves its problem. This happened all of a sudden yesterday when I
returned from work and turned the computer on.

It's a Gateway One with 64-bit Windows 7 Professional.

Any insights on where to look to fix the problem would be appreciated.

Thanks,
- Paul

Hmmm - I left an Explorer window open when I went to bed last night
and kept the computer on. Just checked (opened a new Windows Explorer
window) and it resolved the tree in just a second. Closed both
windows, tried again, and everything's OK. Go figure.

As Emily Latella would say, "Never mind."

 

[Dave]

Hmmm - I left an Explorer window open when I went to bed last night
and kept the computer on. Just checked (opened a new Windows Explorer
window) and it resolved the tree in just a second. Closed both
windows, tried again, and everything's OK. Go figure.

As Emily Latella would say, "Never mind."

Is it possible something was running in the background like Windows update
or a virus scanner when you had the problem?
Dave

 

[UXD]

Is it possible something was running in the background like Windows update
or a virus scanner when you had the problem?
Dave

No, it turns out the the hang-up is if the default (last configuration
used) had the Network Magic tree opened at the bottom. (Network Magic
is a nice add-on that solves a lot of local network problems
auto-"magic"-ally. It was originally from Pure Networks, but was
bought by Cisco.) Right now it seems to be having a hard time parsing
the shared folders on my wife's computer.

Anyway, by having any network related sub-trees closed, Windows
Explorer works as expected with no delays.