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Right-click Crashing

  • 07-10-2005 9:00am
    #1
    Bah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 395 ✭✭


    I'm running Windows XP and I've recently been having trouble when I right-click on files or on the desktop - I can right click within IE and Firefox without a problem though. Whenever I right click on a file/on the desktop, the computer just crashes, with two dialogue boxes appearing asking about sending error reports to Microsoft - one specifies a problem with "dr. Watson". After these two boxes appear, everything else but these boxes just freezes up - when I click send/don't send, they just reappear. Again and again and again.

    I'd appreciate any help you can give me - I'm getting kind of desperate right now.


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  • #2
    KdjaCL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,346 ✭✭✭✭KdjaCL


    When you right click windows checks all the things listed so if your floppy not working it will crash pc.

    Check your CD and floppy drives are working if not disconnect them or kill floppy from bios.


    kdjac


  • #3
    srdb20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,175 ✭✭✭srdb20


    Does it specify a problem with Dr Watson, or that the problem has been logged within Dr Watson?


  • #4
    Bah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 395 ✭✭Bah


    KdjaC wrote:
    When you right click windows checks all the things listed so if your floppy not working it will crash pc.

    Check your CD and floppy drives are working if not disconnect them or kill floppy from bios.

    Both my DVD drive and my DVD-RW drive aren't working - but they're not showing up in the bios/my computer/anywhere at all. I'll disconnect them totally and see if it works...
    srdb20 wrote:
    Does it specify a problem with Dr Watson, or that the problem has been logged within Dr Watson?

    It says that there was a problem with DrWatson - but I can't get any specifics, the system just stops responding after the Dr. Watson error window opens.

    Thanks for your help so far.


  • #5
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    KdjaC wrote:
    When you right click windows checks all the things listed so if your floppy not working it will crash pc.
    kdjac

    Complete crap. Disregard.


  • #6
    srdb20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,175 ✭✭✭srdb20


    Have you checked the error logs in Dr Watson?

    Just in case you aint sure,

    To bring it up:

    -Go to your Windows Start menu, select Run. In Open, type: drwtsn32.

    -Hit enter

    -Brings up the conf window

    -You should see the Log File Path at the top

    -This gives the location of the log file, drwtsn32.log

    Check out the log then see what the error it gives ya back...

    If ya aint sure just post it up and we'll try and help!


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  • #7
    KdjaCL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,346 ✭✭✭✭KdjaCL


    sinecurea wrote:
    Complete crap. Disregard.


    http://members.boards.ie/kdjac/rightlclick.JPG

    Well it does on my windows and all windows i have ever used, hence the delay when you right click on a file. Windows Checks all in the list to see whats there.

    But im sure you will elaborate....


    kdjac


  • #8
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    KdjaC,
    Yes, when you right-click, the menu does appear. But if you don't have a floppy installed, or is not working properly, this has no affect on the performance of windows whatsoever, i.e. the PC will not crash.

    S.


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