If you are a Windows Vista user and face Explorer freezing problem frequently, then this tutorial might help you.
Windows Vista has built-in support for zip files. It can create, extract, browse through zip files which is a good feature but this good feature can give you troubles if you are dealing with large zip files.
Actually this problem has been faced by lots of Vista users. Vista explorer freezes or starts taking 100% CPU resources while opening a large zip file or opening a folder containing a large zip file.
To fix this problem, you'll have to disable the built-in zip support in Windows Vista:
1. Type regedit in RUN dialog box and press Enter. Now goto following key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID
2. Under this key, delete following 2 keys:
{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}
{0CD7A5C0-9F37-11CE-AE65-08002B2E1262}
3. Restart your system and now your problem should be fixed. You can use freeware like 7-Zip to open, create, extract zip files.
This article was posted by VG in following section: Troubleshooting, Windows Vista.
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Jiten
hi VG , THANKS FOR YOUR INVALUABLE EFFORTS .
ACTUALLY MY PROBLEM IS RELATED TO CRASHES BUT NOT EXPLORER,
it is the windows sidebar that crashes ,it crashes as soon as i right click anywhere in the sidebar & even on right clicking the tray icon.
WINDOW SIDEBAR HAS STOPPED WORKING
"Problem event name :APPCRASH
Application name : sidebar.exe
app.version : 6.0.6001.1800
app timestamp :4791952a
fault module name :StackHash_1703
fault module version ;' 0.0.0.0
fault module time stamp : 00000000
Exception code : c0000005
Exception offset : 05f3a8ed
OS VERSION :6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID : 1033
ADD INFORMATION 1: 1703
add information 2 :2264db07e74365624c50317d7b856ae9
add information 3 : 1344"
add information 4: 875fa2ef9d2bdca96466e8af55d1ae6e"
It gives an option to go online to find the solution to the problem but the window closes & nothing happens .
I AM ALSO FACING SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH TASK MANAGER WHICH STOPS WORKING AS SOON AS I RIGHT CLICK ON A PROCESS WITH A SiMILAR ERROR CODE,
I AM NEW TO VISTA , INSTALLED VISTA & SP1 a week back ,everything was fine for 2 days after which this problem started, i have scanned my system with avira antivirus premium , counterspy, superantispyware but haven't found anything.
I SHALL BE REALLY THANKFUL IF YOU CAN HELP ME OUT, i have searched the internet but haven't found out anything on this issue.
VG
Try to repair Windows using Setup DVD. It seems that some files got corrupted.
Jiten
hi VG , i just tried & logged on to the default adminiistrator account & i was surprised to find that the sidebar & also the task manager is working fine in that account,
Can some program i installed in my account do this ??
Please give info on how to repair vista, thanks in advance
Regards
Jiten
VG
^^ Good to know that your problem solved. :)
To add/remove entries from context menu visit following tutorial:
http://www.askvg.com/how-to-add-remove-entries-in-context-menus/
alastair
what is the progrm called that vista uses to open these zip files?
VG
^^ Its not a program. Its a built-in feature which allows to create/extract zip files.
Jeff47
VG, I have an interesting (and maybe related) issue. I followed your tutorial for "explorer freezing during large file transfer" and it seemed to work. However, now explorer freezes all the time (every boot-up) after about 1-10 min. nothing running, no program trigers it, it just stops working. THe weird thing is that the mouse is movable the entire time, but no buttons or keystrokes are registered by the system. Hard boot is the only remedy. Something very bad has happened!!! (lol) I followed your directions to undo the DEP disable and that didn't help... in fact, the DEP options are still "grayed-out" in the user settings window where one can usually make adjustments.
Any advice?
VG
^^ It might be a hardware problem. Also post your HijackThis log file in following topic:
http://www.askvg.com/is-your-system-infected-with-a-virus-spyware-adware-trojan/
Mk
Hi, VG, I have a problem. I try to access my dialog box through my programs, and the boxes would freeze every time. It started happening a month or so ago, and I can't seem to find the problem. I can't save anything, or open anything into my programs. Do you have any insight to this issue?
Mk
sorry it posted twice on accident.