Solved frozen desktop icons

Hi
i have the above on vista home.
I have been through task master/process/application to remove/re-apply explorer.exe, which solves the problem til I open an icon again.
I am not aware of any changes since this happenned 2 days ago.
I do use avg free and am on vacation using a wireless huawei modem to connect to the internet .
appreciate any help
many thanks
ian
0414776981

Not much info to go on - but try this:

Download this free application: ShellExView - Shell Extension Manager For Windows
Disable all non-Microsoft extensions
Reboot to see if that helps (if not, don't forget to re-enable them).

If it does, then disable them in groups of 5 or 10 until you find the offending group
Then do that group one at a time until you find the offending extension.

Uninstall the program related to that extension and (if you want to) install a freshly downloaded copy to regain that funcitonality.

many thanks for your time in replying!
I just solved the problem by using system restore and using a 2 week old file.
cheers
ian

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