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Far too often, the save dialog on some of my windows applications - notepad, paint, ms word etc hangs, and does not recover.

Due to this, the only option available is a kill, in which case data is lost for programs which do not automatically backup.

Here is a screenshot: enter image description here

I searched on Google and various entries came up regarding users seeing this problem, but I did not find any resolution / patch for this.

Did any of you hit this issue and fix it, or have any suggestions how I can get rid of the issue?

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Start by disabling any non-Microsoft extensions with ShellExView. Also try to remove external drives to see whether they have influence. If none of the previous fix this, remove any virtual drive software as they are also in the explorer chain but not necessarily listed as a shell extension. And yes, I did experience that last thing... :) – Tom Wijsman Jan 14 at 11:29
My first instinct is also external drives and Shell extensions. – surfasb Jan 14 at 17:01
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