Whenever I right click on the desktop, instead of the normal menu that pops
up, all icons are wiped off the desktop momentarily and then restored. Any
windows that were open are closed, and the menu never pops up.

While trying to create a new folder in My Documents, I right clicked in the
my doc window and the window just closed. I tried to go to the file menu,
but clicking on the file menu also closes the window. I can click on other
menus, but not the file menu.

I have also lost the ability to change the control panel to the normal WinXP
view.

Any ideas????

Hi,

Sounds like a problem with a context menu entry, and it's causing the
explorer shell to restart. See this:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/context_folders.htm

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"emily" <emily@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Whenever I right click on the desktop, instead of the normal menu that
> pops
> up, all icons are wiped off the desktop momentarily and then restored.
> Any
> windows that were open are closed, and the menu never pops up.
>
> While trying to create a new folder in My Documents, I right clicked in
> the
> my doc window and the window just closed. I tried to go to the file menu,
> but clicking on the file menu also closes the window. I can click on
> other
> menus, but not the file menu.
>
> I have also lost the ability to change the control panel to the normal
> WinXP
> view.
>
> Any ideas????