by lestatar » Mon Dec 21, 2009 2:42 pm
Hi, new to this MM forum, but glad I am may be able to help here!
Sounds like you need ShellExView [Shell Extension Viewer]. This is, IMHO, one of the most invaluable little apps I have ever stumbled across. FREEWARE, CLEAN and ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL! [no, I have no affiliation with this app at all]
Without messy Registry tweaks, ShellExView allows you to see EXACTLY what Windows Shell Extensions are running/installed on your XP system. You can then choose which ones you want to allow and quickly and painlessly disable the ones you don't want to run.
Check it out here:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html
As with all system utilities, please do some research on ShellExView. Do try to be careful to NOT go crazy and disable everything - simply disable the ones you don't recognize/want. Most documentation on ShexView advise to not alter the Microsoft extensions. However, as far as system utils goes, this one is safe, simple, small and VITAL - you won't do anything horrible to your PC [except accidentally disable any VALID shell extensions, but you can always re-enable them].
If you are like me, you want to know as much about what is running on your PC as possible. ShellExView is one such tool - you will be amazed at how many shell extensions you have installed on your system.
I discovered ShellExView years ago to cure Windows Explorer instabilities and I now install it on every XP system I touch. Am sure you know this, but MANY Windows Explorer crashes can be traced to incompatibilities/too many shell extensions running - THIS IS TOTALLY UNNECESSARY!
Trust me on this one...
TAKE BACK YOUR PC!
cheers and hope this works for you,
-lestatar
Hi, new to this MM forum, but glad I am may be able to help here!
Sounds like you need ShellExView [Shell Extension Viewer]. This is, IMHO, one of the most invaluable little apps I have ever stumbled across. FREEWARE, CLEAN and ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL! [no, I have no affiliation with this app at all]
Without messy Registry tweaks, ShellExView allows you to see EXACTLY what Windows Shell Extensions are running/installed on your XP system. You can then choose which ones you want to allow and quickly and painlessly disable the ones you don't want to run.
Check it out here:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html
As with all system utilities, please do some research on ShellExView. Do try to be careful to NOT go crazy and disable everything - simply disable the ones you don't recognize/want. Most documentation on ShexView advise to not alter the Microsoft extensions. However, as far as system utils goes, this one is safe, simple, small and VITAL - you won't do anything horrible to your PC [except accidentally disable any VALID shell extensions, but you can always re-enable them].
If you are like me, you want to know as much about what is running on your PC as possible. ShellExView is one such tool - you will be amazed at how many shell extensions you have installed on your system.
I discovered ShellExView years ago to cure Windows Explorer instabilities and I now install it on every XP system I touch. Am sure you know this, but MANY Windows Explorer crashes can be traced to incompatibilities/too many shell extensions running - THIS IS TOTALLY UNNECESSARY!
Trust me on this one...
TAKE BACK YOUR PC!
cheers and hope this works for you,
-lestatar