Trouble with desktop icons

The desktop icons My Computer and My Documents won't open when I double
click them. I recently upgraded to XP Home, same problem. The task manager
shows CPU usage of 100% when I double click these icons, also control panel
and find files and folders does the same thing.
My computer is a HP, with 128 megs of ram,
I'm posting to this group because the problem started with Windows ME.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks..

Steve
Wed Apr 21 10:07:51 CDT 2004


"Allenox" <albert@mail.com> wrote in message
news:Kyihc.61753$I83.1220749@twister.tampabay.rr.com...
> The desktop icons My Computer and My Documents won't open when I double
> click them. I recently upgraded to XP Home, same problem. The task manager
> shows CPU usage of 100% when I double click these icons, also control
panel
> and find files and folders does the same thing.
> My computer is a HP, with 128 megs of ram,
> I'm posting to this group because the problem started with Windows ME.
> Any help appreciated.
> Thanks..
>
>

What happens if you right click on the icon and select "Open"?


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Rick
Wed Apr 21 12:24:16 CDT 2004

Allenox wrote:

> The desktop icons My Computer and My Documents won't open when I double
> click them. I recently upgraded to XP Home, same problem. The task manager
> shows CPU usage of 100% when I double click these icons, also control panel
> and find files and folders does the same thing.
> My computer is a HP, with 128 megs of ram,
> I'm posting to this group because the problem started with Windows ME.
> Any help appreciated.
> Thanks..
>
>

Try Remove'ing all instances of your mouse drivers in
ControlPanle/System/DeviceManager (View by Type) and reboot. After
Windows redetects the mouse and you reinstall your drivers, if the
problem persists, try another mouse and/or try your mouse on another
system to see if it's a hardware fault.


Rick