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Explorer Hangs with Multiple File Operations in a Single Folder

Article ID: 179617

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

This article was previously published under Q179617

SYMPTOMS

Explorer is slow to respond when a file is renamed at the same time any other file in the same directory is opened or closed by another process.

Explorer will seem to stop responding (hang) for about 30 seconds before returning to its initial state.

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: freeze hangs hung not responding explore

Keywords: kbbug kbnofix KB179617