Niklas Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Hi!I'm using a Dell Dimension 9150, XP SP3, Media Center Edition, Pentium D CPU 2,80 Ghz, 2 GB RAM, 230 GB harddriveWhen I open the "My documents" folder through the start menu the folder comes up, but it freezes after 2 sec. Here comes the weird thing. When I instead choose to access the very same folder, but this time through "My computer" > "Documents (Niklas)" <- that'll be my name, it doesn't freeze.I was like "Oh well, I can live with it since I can access the folder other ways". But when I changed the icon view setting (it was "right click" > "View" > "Icons") to "Thumbnails" instead, it crashed, just like the other folder.I therefore accessed the "My documents" folder and changed the icon view from "Thumbnails" to "Icons" in less than 2 sec (!) before it would freeze. But after I successfulled changed the icon view it didn't freeze anymore, if I changed it back to "Thumbnails" it crashed like usual. So I would say it's a clear connection with the icon view and the problem.This has happened before though, one time. When I was uploading some videos from my camera in to a folder, the folder froze in just the same way everytime I tried to access it. I had to delete the videos through the document search engine to fix the problem.But now I have no idea what causes the problem. I add and delete files frequently from the "My documents" folder, and I haven't done anything unusual with the folder during the time before the problem occured.Any suggestions how I can fix it? Thanks in advance. Note: I'm a computer novice, so be kind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Welcome to the Windows Forum.Not quite sure what is happening to you; sometimes you say it "crashes", sometimes it "freezes", which is very much not the same.If it crashes, can you look at the Event Viewer (Applications), and check what it says for the time of the crash.When it freezes, is it a permanent freeze, or does it come back if you wait for some time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niklas Posted February 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 I see, what happens is that the whole screen freezes and nothing reponds, and it won't come back if I wait. Therefore I have to shut down the folder through Windows Task Manager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 It is because of virus.Are you sure? I did a full virus scan with Norton earlier, and crosschecked with AVG and AdAware, but this didn't yield any results.Take no notice of the spammers. Although I would class Norton as little better than them as far as viri are concerned.Do you have a restore point set? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niklas Posted February 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 Do you have a restore point set?Note I'm abit of a computer newb, so you'll have to elaborate that.I have the files backed up, if that were the question? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 Do you have a restore point set?This means - is System Restore operating on your PC , and if so can you restore the system back to a date before these problems started happening ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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