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Re: Windows Explorer hangs when deleting or renaming files

Discussion in 'Windows Vista' started by Ironic77, Nov 19, 2008.

  1. Ironic77

    Ironic77 Guest

    Had the same problem just now on SP1 with latest fixes.

    This helped:

    I looked in services.msc and discovered that the Windows Search service
    was in a "stopping" state. That is, it appeared to be hung in that
    state. The same would apply if you see the process stuck at 25% (quad
    core) or 50% (dual core) or 100% (single core).

    I opened Task Manager, found the SearchIndexer.exe process and killed
    it (you'll need to show processes from all users, requiring
    administrator privledges). Then, I restarted the "Windows Search"
    service (I may be crazy, but I like search when it's working normally).

    Upon doing so, my machine started behaving normally again -- I can
    rename files without explorer.exe hanging. The search service is also
    working normally and the performance has improved.

    Hope this helps.


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  2. vpcoded

    vpcoded Guest

    I registered just to say thank you on this thread. I could not figure
    out what the hell was going on found this thread issue fixed.l


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  3. qwerty66666

    qwerty66666 Guest

    Stopping the Indexing service also worked for me. After rebooting I
    also had tell Vista to re-index my hardrive(s) and reboot a seconds time
    so vista could do the re-index. To do this I click on the program menu
    and searched for 'indexing'. I clicked on 'advance' which hung indexing
    so I stopped the SearchIndexer.exe process in taskmanager. After doing
    this the advance window showed up and I clicked on 'restore defaults'.
    I recieved a message to that I would need to reboot to restore the
    default and rebuild the indexing. After rebooting everything appears to
    be back to normal.


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  4. wec1

    wec1 Guest

    This worked. Thanks

    Now I hate to be conspiratorial but this happened just after I got rid of
    Internet Explorer and installed Firefox. Coincidence?


    "Ironic77" wrote:
    <!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    >
    > Had the same problem just now on SP1 with latest fixes.
    >
    > This helped:
    >
    > I looked in services.msc and discovered that the Windows Search service
    > was in a "stopping" state. That is, it appeared to be hung in that
    > state. The same would apply if you see the process stuck at 25% (quad
    > core) or 50% (dual core) or 100% (single core).
    >
    > I opened Task Manager, found the SearchIndexer.exe process and killed
    > it (you'll need to show processes from all users, requiring
    > administrator privledges). Then, I restarted the "Windows Search"
    > service (I may be crazy, but I like search when it's working normally).
    >
    > Upon doing so, my machine started behaving normally again -- I can
    > rename files without explorer.exe hanging. The search service is also
    > working normally and the performance has improved.
    >
    > Hope this helps.
    >
    >
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    > Ironic77
    > <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
     
  5. flitflyzoom

    flitflyzoom Guest

    qwerty66666;976483 Wrote: <!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > Stopping the Indexing service also worked for me. After rebooting I
    > also had tell Vista to re-index my hardrive(s) and reboot a seconds time
    > so vista could do the re-index. To do this I click on the program menu
    > and searched for 'indexing'. I clicked on 'advance' which hung indexing
    > so I stopped the SearchIndexer.exe process in taskmanager. After doing
    > this the advance window showed up and I clicked on 'restore defaults'.
    > I recieved a message to that I would need to reboot to restore the
    > default and rebuild the indexing. After rebooting everything appears to
    > be back to normal.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    I registered just to say thank you--I've been looking for a solution to
    the very same problem for hours and this was the one thing that worked.
    Thanks so much!


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  6. JEWboy

    JEWboy Guest

    I might be off topic, but FYI:
    If you'rem processing files on a network, ESPECIALLy if the other end is
    WindowsXp and your end is WinVista, you need to turn off Autotuning Feature.

    Run from Start-->Run menu this command:
    netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled

    You can always reenable it later, but I'v enot seen anyone who'd care to
    reenable this PEST.
    It does NOT apply to processing files on your local/harddrive, so if your
    problem is not over the network, ignore this post
     
  7. Brenda_D

    Brenda_D Guest

    This worked for me and I just wanted to say thanks to Ironic77.

    Ironic77;1078080 Wrote: <!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > Had the same problem just now on SP1 with latest fixes.
    >
    > This helped:
    >
    > I looked in services.msc and discovered that the Windows Search service
    > was in a "stopping" state. That is, it appeared to be hung in that
    > state. The same would apply if you see the process stuck at 25% (quad
    > core) or 50% (dual core) or 100% (single core).
    >
    > I opened Task Manager, found the SearchIndexer.exe process and killed
    > it (you'll need to show processes from all users, requiring
    > administrator privledges). Then, I restarted the "Windows Search"
    > service (I may be crazy, but I like search when it's working normally).
    >
    > Upon doing so, my machine started behaving normally again -- I can
    > rename files without explorer.exe hanging. The search service is also
    > working normally and the performance has improved.
    >
    > Hope this helps.
    >
    >
    > --
    > Ironic77<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->


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