Right Clicking .exe Files Kills Explorer.exe

Dec 27, 2006

Been having some rather strange issues with right-clicking. If I right click any executable file, my explorer.exe is killed (statusbar goes away, then appears again as explorer is reloaded) and started up again. I've been trying to figure out what could be causing it, but it's so hard to even search for a solution.

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Right-Click Kills Explorer

Aug 7, 2004

Before I throw my monitor across the room, I decided to ask you guys for some help.

Everytime that I right-click any application, explorer shuts down. Leaving me to glare at my background in despair. I do'nt think it is a virus, as I have used countless anti-virus scaners on my computer and not a one of them has found any. I also tried to find the cause of this by looking in the event log, however nothing is mentioned in it.

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Feb 16, 2006

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Jan 8, 2008

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