Sometimes when I try to delete or move files, the window reporting the operation progress gets "stuck" in the Time remaining: Calculating phase and never continues.
When I press Cancel in the progress window, the window title changes to "Canceling" and stays at that.
Process Explorer does not show any significant CPU or disk activity for Explorer.exe or any other process.
Is this some kind of known problem? Is there any solution?
(I am using Vista x64 with SP2)
Best Answer
If you are trying to move large numbers of files at once, then Windows does spend time up front gathering information on all of the files you are trying to move/copy/delete and spends time figuring out how long it's going to take. It is one of the most irritating parts of Windows in that it does not handle file operations with many files at once very well. This delay will also only increase the more if either the source or the destination is a slower location, such as a CD/DVD, an external network share over a slow network connection or an external USB drive.
If you are getting this problem with only trying to move/copy/delete a single file or a couple of files, then you may have an issue with corrupted Windows core functionality, or perhaps a device driver which is not fully compatible with Vista.