Re: Windows Explorer hangs when deleting or renaming files

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

 

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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vpcoded

 

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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qwerty66666

 

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:
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>
> 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-->

 

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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flitflyzoom

 

It could be that you installed something recently and it is causing a race
condition within explorer.

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"flitflyzoom" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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> qwerty66666;976483 Wrote:<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/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!
>
>
> --
> flitflyzoom
> <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

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

 

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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