Windows 7 and Desktop Area Right Click Delay

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OldM3ta

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What is frustrating my use of Windows 7 is that any time I go to right click on my desktop to get the context menu that allows me to go to my display properties, I literally have to wait eight seconds before seeing anything.

1) Right click on desktop
2) Wait 8 seconds while seeing hourglass (the circular wait sprite)
3) See context menu

I have an Intel 3.0GHz C2D with 4GB RAM. I'm on a GTX 295 running triple displays with it using nVidia's forceware drivers version 185.85. I just cleaned installed from a formatted drive. All my other hardware drivers are updated and I've defragged the disk after installation.

What can I do to eliminate the delay/wait time associated with step 2?

Thanks!
 
Complaint is wide spread on other forums as well. No fixes yet as I have learned. Hope MS fixes this glitch soon and not leave it until RTM
 
Odd, I've found RMBing on the desk to improved versus Vista. XD In Vista up to 6.1.7077 I found RMBing the Desktop resulted in the cursor busy state being shown for about half a second (about a quarter rotation) before the context menu would appear. Now it's instant again (Yay!).

As for a solution to your problem, I might suggestion removing the NVidia context menu extension for the desktop or any others you might have that effect it.
 
You missed the most important part. What version of Windows 7? If its anything less then 7100, then you need to upgrade ASAP.
 
Any non-standard context menus? I remember this issue from XP where a non-existant context menu icon was trying to be loaded but couldn't.
 
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I had this same issue with build 7077, build 7100 and now 7127. So this issue is still not fixed. The delay is most noticeable over Vista. Each build was a clean reformat and install, no Upgrades
 
I too have the same issue. I'm pretty sure it's due to nvidia driver issue. Run VGA mode and see if you still have the problem.
 
Snowknight26 said:
Any non-standard context menus? I remember this issue from XP where an non-existant context menu icon was trying to be loaded but couldn't.
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Yep, I had this issue once. I submitted a help ticket to our corp IT helpdesk. They had one of their guys mess with it for a while and never could nail it down. It was something with a context menu going out over our network. If I would unplug the Ethernet cable from the wall, it went away.

In the end, they just sent me a new hard disk with a fresh image on it.
 
JonathanJ said:
As for a solution to your problem, I might suggestion removing the NVidia context menu extension for the desktop or any others you might have that effect it.
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Thanks but removing the nVidia context menu extension did not solve my problem.
 
Snowknight26 said:
Any non-standard context menus? I remember this issue from XP where a non-existant context menu icon was trying to be loaded but couldn't.
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Just nVidia's, which as an earlier post suggested to remove, I did and found no improvement. Still a shitty eight seconds.
 
I have an old Radeon in my 7 machines and to me, when I RMB on the desktop, it's actually FASTER than in Vista!
 
klexen said:
I too have the same issue. I'm pretty sure it's due to nvidia driver issue. Run VGA mode and see if you still have the problem.
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Thanks for the suggestion, but this did not resolve the problem. Looks like it has something to do with Windows 7.
 
SR45 said:
I had this same issue with build 7077, build 7100 and now 7127. So this issue is still not fixed. The delay is most noticeable over Vista. Each build was a clean reformat and install, no Upgrades
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Thanks for your post. Are you using nVidia or ATI video hardware?
 
Wow... just had a reply on a different forum that solved the issue.

From
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=3779134&postcount=25

I just found this fix over on the EVGA forums. As always back up your registry before doing any modification. I performed this myself on Vista 64 Ult and it worked perfectly to eliminate context menu delay. What I did was first delete the context key then create the command key. No reboot required to test.

Navigate to

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex

Delete: NvCplDesktopContext key and all is good, now right click is fast as ever. If you need the Nvidia Controle Panale

all you have to do is select it from Programs and Features.

Ok now the fun part; for all of you who want the context menu this is how you add it back without the delay:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell

then Right click on Shell and add new Key: Name that key Nvidia Control Panel

Then Right Click on that new Key and add a new Key: Name this Key Command

Then with the new key Command selected in the right hand pane double click the Default Value Key and type:

c:\windows\system32\nvcplui.exe

This will fix your Context issue....

This is how the key will look: (By the way you can copy all of that out and past in a text document and rename to .reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\Nvidi a Control Panel]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\Nvidi a Control Panel\Command]
@="c:\\windows\\system32\\nvcplui.exe"
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This solved my problem without need of a reboot.
All I did was navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ and that is where I found the NvCplDesktopContext key to delete. Mind you, this key was still there although through the nVidia control panel, I had unchecked to add the control panel to my desktop context menu. Once removed, instant success!
 
Odd.

Never had this issue with Win 7 Beta or Win 7 RC using the latest drivers. Specs in sig.

Glad to see there's a fix for it.
 
ATi cards in all my *current* systems. All of them have various builds of Windows 7 installed on them (7000, 7068, 7077, 7100), all of the the context menu comes up instantly, I just checked it right now actually.
 
I run a GTX260 with 7 x64 without issues so this may be related to certain GPUs or maybe whether you have PhysX enabled possibly (I have it off).
 
Glad you guys got it sorted.. I wasn't seeing it on my machine with an ATI card or at work with Intel integrated.
 
I discoverd that from a fresh install of build 7077, 7100, and 7127 that there is no problem only after i install the nvidia card drivers does it come up.

I also discoverd that if i goto the windows refresh rate window and just cancel out the problem go's away until the next time i restart.

Hopefully they fix this before release.
 
I dont remember ever having a delay prior to the RC, but its about 1/4 second for me right now.
 
Amazing. I was about to Format and reinstall.

I have the exact same issue on Vista as well with the newest Drivers 185.85. I just formatted and went to 7 RC only because of this issue.... and it was still here.

Glad to see the Fix!
 
Yes.. the registry edit worked. :cool:

I know when the problem starts to occur. It's when you install a new version of the Nvidia drivers on to Windows 7, whether it be from the Windows Update or downloading it from nvidia.com.

I had the W7 Beta installed... I updated the graphics drivers through Windows Update, then the nvidia drivers installed causing the right click delay.

Today I decided it was time to upgrade to the W7 RC version to avoid the time running out on me in case I get busy with other things. The initial install of the OS was fine, right click was fast. Then I downloaded the nvidia driver from nvidia.com for my setup. As soon as I restarted after the install, the right click delay started. I then applied the registry fix and it went away. Thanks. :D
 
registry edit worked, but only after going in and doing it manually rather than copy/pasting what that quote shows into a reg file (stupid spaces in the quote).
 
the lag was nvidia's problem with 185.xx drivers.. it was fixed in the 186.xx beta's.. it causes it in XP 32bit/64bit vista 32bit/64bit windows 7 32bit/64bit.. so its not just a windows 7 problem.. i ended up going back to 182.xx drivers because i got sick of dealing with it.. im starting to lose hope with nvidia's drivers.. they just keep getting worse and worse..
 
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