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    Posted on January 26, 2015 at 21:16 CST by • Comment in the Forums

    Just got this message from John H:

    You probably remember how I pestered you about my Windows Explorer crashing every time I right-clicked on it to bring up a context menu. Well, problem solved and you are not going to believe what caused it.

    It was Spybot Search & Destroy. That’s right, one of my favorite “indie” tools for fighting obnoxious tracking and spyware. I was having trouble updating it and ran across the following whilst looking for a solution:

    http://forums.spybot.info/showthread/?71890-Paid-version-causes-Win-7-Windows-Explorer-to-crash-on-right-click

    An entry in the thread confirmed that the free version also suffers from this bug.

    No wonder I couldn’t find what was causing my Windows Explorer to crash! I installed this version of Spybot right after the December patches. It never occurred to me that it could be the problem.

    Fortunately, the work-around did the trick. But I can’t help wondering how many other people might be affected by this bug since SS&D turns on the WIN Explorer Integration automatically when you install it.

    Thanks, John!

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