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Discus and support WIN11 - right clicking Windows flag freezes then reloads explorer in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; This started a couple of weeks ago, I right click the START MENU / windows flag icon in Windows 11 to bring up the menuit freezes my computer for a... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Zorgan, Mar 7, 2022.

  1. ZORGAN
    Zorgan Win User

    WIN11 - right clicking Windows flag freezes then reloads explorer


    This started a couple of weeks ago, I right click the START MENU / windows flag icon in Windows 11 to bring up the menuit freezes my computer for a second then kills explorer and reloads? the context menu does not appear, just crashes by reloading explorer.please advise? NOTE: I'm currently signed up for Preview Builds on Windows 11, which I wish I could unenroll for but the option is greyed out unless I reinstall the entire OS which is not an option for me right now.

    :)
     
    Zorgan, Mar 7, 2022
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  2. EROCKER
    erocker Win User

    right click crashes explorer

    I'm thinking you have a program installed on your machine that integrates itself into Windows shell that is messed up. An example would be a program like imageburn or Catalyst control center that puts itself into the "right-click list". If you've installed any programs recently, try uninstalling them.
     
    erocker, Mar 7, 2022
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  3. NAKI
    Naki Win User
    Feature suggestion: Add right-click menu

    Suggestion: Please add a Windows 7 Jump-List and/or right-click menu to the GPU-Z icon in the Windows taskbar. Possible menus in it would be "Exit" and "About GPU-Z...".
    Maybe also "Switch to tab 1/Switch to tab 2/Switch to videocard 1/Switch to videocard 2" too.
    Examples of programs that have such menus are ICQ, Skype, AIM.

    NOTE: It seems for a right-click menu, Windows 7 is not needed - it works on WinXP and Vista too.
    But even a Windows 7 Jump-list may be good enough.
    What do you think?
     
    Naki, Mar 7, 2022
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  4. JOCELYNYBANEZ
    JocelynYbanez Win User

    WIN11 - right clicking Windows flag freezes then reloads explorer

    Windows explorer freezes when right clicking and hovering over "New"

    Hi Mitja,

    My name is Jocelyn, an independent advisor happy to help.

    I appreciate the steps you have taken so far to resolve the issue. If you haven't tried restarting the Windows Explorer process please try the steps below and check:

    Restart the explorer.exe Process.

    Right-click on the Taskbar and select Task Manager.

    On the Processes tab, right-click on the Windows Explorer process and select Restart.

    If that doesn' work follow the suggestion provided by Kapil Arya MVP on the mentioned Microsoft thread below:

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

    I hope this would solve the problem.

    Best,

    Jocelyn
     
    JocelynYbanez, Mar 7, 2022
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