Comments on: Troubleshooting "My Computer" Opening Slowly on Windows XP

By: Tangmeister

Tangmeister — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:07:28 +0000

Hey to all of the users who are wondering where the Folder options dialog box went, look under the View tab.

Under some earlier versions of Windows, like Windows 98, you’ll find the Folder Options box under the view tab as opposed to Windows XP’s Tools tab.

Under Vista, press ALT to temporarily display the menu bar.

Hope this helps.

By: satya

satya — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:32:47 +0000

Thanks, man u solved my problem actually it was taking a long time before but only due to u my problem is solved so loads of thanks.

By: bowler1

bowler1 — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:20:53 +0000

If was having the same issue as above for about the last month and have tried several of the fixes mentioned in this thread, but none of them worked. So, I ran System Restore last night and restored my settings back about a month ago and that did the trick. I recommend that method if your My Computer loading has only recently become a problem.

By: avishek

avishek — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:11:32 +0000

My folder options doesn’t appear or seems to be present. Please reply me the reason.

By: Jack Butler

Jack Butler — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:40:43 +0000

Thank you this fixed the problem! I was experiencing the issue after installing service pack 3, which must have changed something.

By: swalker

swalker — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:45:39 +0000

Hey I tried what you said about going to tools – folder options and then clicking off automatically search… However, I’m still having problems. If I go to my documents and try to open another drive it takes forever for it to pop up. Please let me know if there is anything else that can be done. Thanks in advance.

By: nitin

nitin — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:28:57 +0000

I followed this proceedure with no luck! Hangs when I click on “my computer” icon from desktop. Others, like s’cut to drives open straight way! Also, folders and drives inside my computer become un-grouped, and
scattered, not as I leave them!

This all seems like a setting issue somewhere in windows!?

Sony vaio, running xp pro sp2,

By: Mushtaq

Mushtaq — Tue, 12 May 2009 11:47:19 +0000

I am facing problem while i open my website, for example when i try to open my website abc.com it won’t open but when i type the complete URL like http://www.abc.com then it opens, can anybody suggest me on this.

Thanks

By: Merlin

Merlin — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:03:43 +0000

Marc’s solution fixed my problem (posted 30 Nov 07) – - I had already applied the “Scan Network Folders” fix years ago. I just reinstalled my Canoscan drivers, and the problem reappeared. Killing the Image Acquisition Service restored explorer operation. THANKS MARC!!
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Sometimes it’s the OLD tricks that are needed to fix the problems! WinXP SP3 remains much more stable and usable than Vista – - nice that the Forums still hold the solutions for us “old timers”.

By: Thomson@ Cheap computer

Thomson@ Cheap computer — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:22:58 +0000

Thanks for the guidelines they sure solved my problems ,will recommend your site to friends.