The lines highlighted (in pink, if I recall correctly) are the
non-Microsoft shell extensions. The idea is to disable (not remove) one
non-Microsoft shell extension in turn until you hit upon the one that is
causing a problem. (I am presuming that someone has told you that your
problem is caused by a shell extension.)

You need to be very careful when you work with this tool. Work slowly,
one item at a time. A good place to start is shell extensions that
appear to belong to software you uninstalled from your system.

It's always better to disable shell extensions from the interface of the
program that created them (e.g., compression programs, media players)
rather than using the ShellEx tool.

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Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

ep. wrote:
> When using ShellExView, is there a set procedure to identify and fix the
> problem?
> Should I look, on each of 256 lines, for anything in particular?
>
> "Nepatsfan" wrote:
>
>> "ep." <ep@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B82566BE-7D24-41F0-816F-BB3F6557AAC2@microsoft.com...
>>> A problem has recently developed.
>>> If I right click on an desktop icon, the file/app opens but only after a delay
>>> of about 30.
>>> I've checked for viruses, adware/spyware, and defrag with McAfee, Defender
>>> and Spyware Doctor and fixed all other problems.
>>> Any suggestions about what the issue could be and the easiest way to fix
>>> it without reformatting the disk.
>>> thx.,
>>> ep.
>> See if the information in this article helps.
>>
>> Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP
>> Right-click is slow or weird behavior caused by context menu handlers
>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> Nepatsfan
>>
>>
>>