Comments on: Solution: Windows Vista Explorer Hangs while Copying Files from External Media

By: Kuldeep

Kuldeep — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:21:09 +0000

Thank u very much VG. :-)

By: VG

VG — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:47:49 +0000

^^ Check following tutorial:

http://www.askvg.com/master-tutorial-to-make-your-windows-vista-super-fast/

By: Kuldeep

Kuldeep — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 04:27:40 +0000

Hi VG,
I'm kuldeep.I dnt know much about laptop. I'm using windows vista home premium in my laptop and all the programs in my laptop get strucked in between. Can I perform the same steps to make my windows work normally...?? I have deleted all the spyware and virus but couldn't make it function normally. Even the movie players hangs in between. Plz suggest me some tips...

By: Bill_H

Bill_H — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:05:43 +0000

This problem still exists on Vista SP2, at least on my HP dv2700. I've always had the "network copy issue" where the copy dialog box hangs when copying from the HDD on my Vista laptop across my home network to the shared drive on my XP desktop.

The Hotfix from Microsoft (KB931770) did not resolve the problem, nor did installing SP2. So my work-around has been to use USB flash drives.

Now I cannot copy files from my HDD to a USB drive. The copy progress dialog box hangs and I cannot even end the explorer.exe process. The fix suggested here had absolutely no effect.

I'm ready to downgrade to XP even if Micro$oft is ready to declare it abandon-ware.

By: Shamseer

Shamseer — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:24:55 +0000

Oh man,... You are a GOD for me now.

I was struggling with this issue more than 2 weeks, and You make me happy.

Nasty move.

Thank you veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrryy much

By: Bryce Covington

Bryce Covington — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:24:59 +0000

I had SO hoped this would work. No such luck. The Copy dialogue box stays up forever and file transfer is SO slow, that even one small file transfer/copy takes forever. In fact, the dialogue box does not go away at all until I reboot.

By: VG

VG — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:47:04 +0000

^^ You can follow instructions given in following tutorial to fix zip file problem:

http://www.askvg.com/how-to-fix-explorer-freezing-problem-with-large-zip-files-in-windows-vista/

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:09:53 +0000

I've just bought a new HP Slimline with AMD Athlon 64x2 4600 running Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 and am experiencing the very same problem. The File Copy Progress window just hangs whenever I download files Internet Explorer. The fix described here sadly does not resolve my issue either.

Vista also crashes (Explorer Restarts) when I try to unzip files using Vista's in-built zip facility. Windows Vista is totally crap. I want to downgrade to XP!!!

Surely, moving and copying files is quite an important and fundamental facility within any operating system! How can this not work in Vista!?!? Microsoft have totally failed their customers on this one big time. What a f**kup!!! Are they aware of this issue? Are they doing anything about it???

Matt, UK
October 2008

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:38:56 +0000

I have the exact same problem in Windows XP-Pro SP3. Just started out of the blue a few days ago with the front USB sockets. When I insert a USB flash drive it doesn't autoplay. I open Windows explorer the drive is there, if I copy or move to it, it hangs in the middle of the job. Clicking on the drive in explorer shows it is empty while it itsn't. Explorer hangs and cannot be closed. USB HDD works perfectly only USB flash drives.

I have tried what you suggested for Vista, turning off DEP for Windows Explorer (MyComputer>properties>advanced...), but it did not change anything. I have read elsewhere that Explorer is looking for a thread that it cannot find, but how to find this thread and remove it from the registry? In Process explorer I cannot see anything out of the ordinary.

By: rajeshkumar

rajeshkumar — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:10:16 +0000

Hi,

I had broadband connection at my home PC (VISTA) which was configured as a DHCP.

If i switched on the modem after the system boot up I am not able to browse, to do the browsing i have to restart the machine else i have to switch on the modem before the switch on the machine,

But i am not faced this problem in win xp.