One of the strangest problems reported by Windows 7 users is an Explorer.exe crash that sometimes occurs when a right-click context menu is opened.
This problem is typically caused by a corrupt context menu entry. Windows doesn’t let you edit the contents of the context menu directly, but there’s a free tool called ShellExView that has this capability. Download it and install it.
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Open the program. You’ll see a list of entries, but you only need to worry about Context Menu entries, so sort them by type. A long list of context menu items will appear. Go through them and disable any that are not related to Windows directly (you can tell by reading the entry’s description).
Now close ShellExView and restart your PC. The disabled context menu entries will no longer appear, and the crash should no longer occur.
System Requirements
This utility works on any version of Windows, starting from Windows 98 and up to Windows 10. x64 versions of Windows are also supported.
Description
Shell Extensions are in-process COM objects which extend the abilities of Windows operating system. Most shell extensions are automatically installed by the operating system, but there are also many other applications that install additional shell extension components. For example: If you install WinZip on your computer, you'll see a special WinZip menu when you right-click on a Zip file. This menu is created by adding a shell extension to the system.
The ShellExView utility displays the details of shell extensions installed on your computer, and allows you to easily disable and enable each shell extension.
ShellExView can be used for solving context-menu problems in Explorer environment
Troubleshooting Right Click Issues Caused by Shell Extensions
Symptoms
When you right-click a file/folder, there may be a huge delay before Windows displays the context menu.
When you try to empty Recycle Bin (from Common Tasks), it opens Quick Finder instead.
When you click Play All in the Music or Videos folder Common Tasks, nothing may happen.
When you select multiple files and right click and open / print nothing happens. Whereas, selecting a single file in explorer and right click and open / print, it works fine.
When you right-click a folder in the Start Menu and choose Open or Explore, nothing may happen. (Whereas, it works fine in Windows Explorer.)
Error message "Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience" when you right-click a folder.
Right-click is extremely slow only when the network card is enabled.
When you right-click on a folder and choose Properties, nothing may happen.
Your image editing program does not start when you click the Edit button in Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.
Data Execution Prevention (DEP) error occurs when Windows Explorer or Control Panel is launched.
Nothing happens when you click Slideshow or Print in the Tasks pane in Windows Vista.
Unable to launch applications (mainly Windows Installer shortcuts) from the recent programs list in the Windows Vista Start menu.
Device Manager link in the tasks pane does not work in Windows Vista
When you click "Set up backup" or click "Change settings" in Windows 7 Backup and Restore, nothing happens or the System32 folder opens.
When you right-click Start to access the Win+X (Power User) menu in Windows 8 or Windows 10, none of the shortcuts work correctly. Whereas they work correctly when run from the Win+X shortcuts folder.
This problem is typically caused by a corrupt context menu entry. Windows doesn’t let you edit the contents of the context menu directly, but there’s a free tool called ShellExView that has this capability. Download it and install it.
For Downloading Please Click Here
Open the program. You’ll see a list of entries, but you only need to worry about Context Menu entries, so sort them by type. A long list of context menu items will appear. Go through them and disable any that are not related to Windows directly (you can tell by reading the entry’s description).
Now close ShellExView and restart your PC. The disabled context menu entries will no longer appear, and the crash should no longer occur.
System Requirements
This utility works on any version of Windows, starting from Windows 98 and up to Windows 10. x64 versions of Windows are also supported.
Description
Shell Extensions are in-process COM objects which extend the abilities of Windows operating system. Most shell extensions are automatically installed by the operating system, but there are also many other applications that install additional shell extension components. For example: If you install WinZip on your computer, you'll see a special WinZip menu when you right-click on a Zip file. This menu is created by adding a shell extension to the system.
The ShellExView utility displays the details of shell extensions installed on your computer, and allows you to easily disable and enable each shell extension.
ShellExView can be used for solving context-menu problems in Explorer environment
Troubleshooting Right Click Issues Caused by Shell Extensions
Symptoms
When you right-click a file/folder, there may be a huge delay before Windows displays the context menu.
When you try to empty Recycle Bin (from Common Tasks), it opens Quick Finder instead.
When you click Play All in the Music or Videos folder Common Tasks, nothing may happen.
When you select multiple files and right click and open / print nothing happens. Whereas, selecting a single file in explorer and right click and open / print, it works fine.
When you right-click a folder in the Start Menu and choose Open or Explore, nothing may happen. (Whereas, it works fine in Windows Explorer.)
Error message "Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience" when you right-click a folder.
Right-click is extremely slow only when the network card is enabled.
When you right-click on a folder and choose Properties, nothing may happen.
Your image editing program does not start when you click the Edit button in Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.
Data Execution Prevention (DEP) error occurs when Windows Explorer or Control Panel is launched.
Nothing happens when you click Slideshow or Print in the Tasks pane in Windows Vista.
Unable to launch applications (mainly Windows Installer shortcuts) from the recent programs list in the Windows Vista Start menu.
Device Manager link in the tasks pane does not work in Windows Vista
When you click "Set up backup" or click "Change settings" in Windows 7 Backup and Restore, nothing happens or the System32 folder opens.
When you right-click Start to access the Win+X (Power User) menu in Windows 8 or Windows 10, none of the shortcuts work correctly. Whereas they work correctly when run from the Win+X shortcuts folder.
