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explorer freezes upon deleting files
Name: coffee Date: March 17, 2001 at 07:41:17 Pacific
Comment:
Windows98 SE
Whenever I delete/rename/move/add a folder, explorer freezes. The mouse pointer can still be moved around. I have to Ctrl-Alt-Del everytime this happens. And when I am back to my desktop, my system tray icons all disappear.
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