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How to *diagnose* windows explorer frequent freezes

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Mar 15, 20266877 views
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It is very common on my windows xp machine for windows explorer (including taskbar) to be frequently unresponsive for several seconds (and sometimes up to a minute) any time I am browsing the file system (or using the start menu). This can get a bit frustrating.... I suspect it may be due to some n…

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Just use ProcMon (Process Monitor) to examine the events. Filter by explorer.exe and then category network. A quote from Mark Russinovich: When troubleshooting a hang with Process Monitor, you should first see if there are any gaps in operation time…

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