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It's not very neat, but you can use xcopy for this purpose. Add a usermenu entry with command xcopy.exe and parameter /s /i /y "$(Name)" "$(FullPathInactive)\$(Name)" . BTW: A regular filter expression may fit all needs, but a simple option "exclude hidden subdirectories&quo...

I had a similar requirement several years ago and I used hardlinks to collect references for files from different directories into one directory. This can be done using the fsutil tool on WinXP or mklink on Vista / Win 7. Should be easy to add an item for that in the AS user menu. The disadvantage i...

I didn't recognize this problem at all on my Win 7/64, I'll prove it. But I noticed in one of my self programmed applications (Delphi 32-Bit) that closing a file handle lasts VERY long on this OS, so I rewrote the code to close the file in a thread. Maybe there is also a delay when reading or writin...

Great, got it!
It's a context menu handler named "VMDiskMenuHandler Class" (I have VMWare 7 installed). After disabling that, the menus open on all drives. Reboot was indeed not necessary.
Many thanks for your effort.

Okay, but also after reboot the sub menu is still available. After that, I disabled also the non-Microsoft context menu handlers again, and noticed that also after reboot the related context menus (WinRAR, Beyond Compare, ...) are still available. That's strange. I have only downloaded the 32 bit Ve...

Ok, did it. I just saw now that drive C and the DVD drives (the drives where the context menu opens) do not have a submenu "Add to Library" (hope that's the correct english label), all other have that. There are two related context menu handlers listed by ShellExView, but disabling them ha...

Yes, there also nothing happens. If the first instance does not hang, both buttons work proper and the report is displayed. I noticed now, that right click on drive C also works, and after that also for the other drives, same as for DVD drives as I mentioned above. The other drives (D-G) are partiti...

Unfortunately I can't break that instance. It is listed in the task list, but when I click "Terminate..." and confirm the dialog, nothing happens, and the hanging instance is still active.

Thanks for reply, I attached the list of non-Microsoft extensions.

Edit: I just disabled the context menu handlers listed here with ShellExView, but without success.

I cannot open the drive context menu, neither in the drop down menu nor in the drive button bar. When I try it, the waiting cursor appears and AS hangs and must be killed via task manager. It affects internal and external hard drives, but not CD/DVD drives (no matter if a disc is inserted or not). I...

With numerical sort option turned on, entries with a UID as name are mixed up. I noticed it first when using the registry viewer, but it also affects the normal directory sort order. Happens with AS 2.53 beta 1 on Windows 7 / 64 Bit, but I guess, it's a general issue.

I found out now that disabling the option "Use Heuristics" in the AVG configuration under Tools/Advanced Options/Resident Shield solved the issue. Heuristic search seams to be a chink in AVG under unknown circumstances. Still mysterious why this only affects AS 2.51, but I hope this help o...

@SelfMan: Thanks, great idea - that's it! I am using AVG Free. Excluding the salamander directory didn't have an effect, so I turned off the resident shield. And now AS 2.51 starts without delay. I didn't suspect the virus scanner, because no other programs are affected. Of course it's still strange...

Yes, I rebooted Windows before starting salamander 2.5 to ensure it's the same basis. When I experienced that this version starts without delay, I closed 2.5 and started 2.51 without reboot, and here was again a delay. I made the bug report with 2.5 as you proposed, but I am not sure if it will help...

No, the second instance starts with normal speed. Seems that salamander reads something else besides the registry and directories in the panels, which is cached by the OS.

Edit: I tried V2.5 you mentioned, and this one starts normally. So it is in fact an issue of 2.51.