Right-click taking long time? Read solution

When you right-click a file/folder in Microsoft Windows, there may be a huge delay before Windows displays the context menu. Or when you click “Play All” in the Music or Videos folder Common Tasks, nothing may happen.

These problems are caused by a bad context menu handler. Observe when the problem occurs. While right-clicking a particular file type? While right-clicking Folders? While right-clicking all file types?

If any of the symptoms occur when you deal with a folder, then you may need to inspect the context menu handlers loaded in these areas (AllFileSystemObjects, Folder, Directory). If it’s only for a .txt file, inspect the file class of .txt file (HKCR\txtfile). Open Registry Editor and backup the selected branch, delete the context menu handlers one-by-one.

If it looks complex, download Shell Extension Manager to determine the Context-menu causing the problem. The ShellExView utility displays the details of shell extensions installed on your computer, and allows you to easily disable and enable each shell extension.

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