A bit off topic here, but this bugs the hell out of me and I’ve searched all over for an answer with no results. The situation is then when deleting files, particularly shortcuts (.lnk files) on Windows XP, it sometimes takes forever. I just deleted a shortcut and it totally froze explorer for well over a minute. It showed the dialog with the file flying out of the folder into the recycle bin, over and over and over. Sometimes I can click the cancel or close button on the dialog and it closes and the file is deleted. Other times it’s just frozen in that state. At this point, task manager says explorer is not responding. But if I wait long enough, it generally does complete.
This happens fairly often on one computer, and occasionally on another, and I’ve talked to others who have had the same problem. But I’ve spent quite a bit of time searching for a solution, or even just for an acknowledgment that the problem exists. Never came up with anything.
If anyone has an idea of what causes this, or better yet, how to fix it, please let me know. I’m getting nervous about deleting stuff!