IE 7 right click menu stopped working & new tab's tool menu is mis

Hi,

I have been with IE 7 for coupls of months and I have encounted an annoying
problem.

Sometimes when I was browsering internet, especially after I've open many
tabs in a single IE 7 application, "Right click menu" in IE 7 will stop
working and if I still trying to open a new tab, the tool menu bar in the new
tab will gone.

However, if I go back to my desktop, I can still pop up right click menu so
I think the problem belongs to IE 7.

I have checked task manager, and this problem seems happen when I reach a
high memory usage.

I am using IE 7, version 7.0.5730.13 and my OS is Windows XP SP3.

The problem does not happen if I use firefox, even with more opening tabs.

=> Does this behavior persist if you start IE7 in No Add-ons mode? To start
IE7 in No Add-ons mode:

1. Right-click on the blue IE desktop icon and select Start without Add-ons;
or

2. Start > (All) Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Internet Explorer
(No add-ons).

Troubleshooting and Internet Explorer’s (No Add-ons) Mode:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/25/678113.aspx

=> Does the problem persist if you Reset IE7 Advanced settings (RIES)?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737 <= Read before using!

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DZ wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have been with IE 7 for coupls of months and I have encounted an
> annoying
> problem.
>
> Sometimes when I was browsering internet, especially after I've open many
> tabs in a single IE 7 application, "Right click menu" in IE 7 will stop
> working and if I still trying to open a new tab, the tool menu bar in the
> new tab will gone.
>
> However, if I go back to my desktop, I can still pop up right click menu
> so
> I think the problem belongs to IE 7.
>
> I have checked task manager, and this problem seems happen when I reach a
> high memory usage.
>
> I am using IE 7, version 7.0.5730.13 and my OS is Windows XP SP3.
>
> The problem does not happen if I use firefox, even with more opening tabs.

Hi DZ,

This is a known issue and is caused by the cache filling up when you open a
lot of tabs/windows. You can either close some tabs or Clean your cache
occasionally from the options on Internet Options. See Tools>Internet
Options - General tab, Temporary Internet Files section - Settings button.

Use the recommended settings for the cache size This may not prevent it from
happening again when you have a lot of tabs/windows open.

Regards.

"DZ" <DZ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:71CA5407-53FC-4B56-BC86-D69D6FA12E70@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have been with IE 7 for coupls of months and I have encounted an
> annoying
> problem.
>
> Sometimes when I was browsering internet, especially after I've open many
> tabs in a single IE 7 application, "Right click menu" in IE 7 will stop
> working and if I still trying to open a new tab, the tool menu bar in the
> new
> tab will gone.
>
> However, if I go back to my desktop, I can still pop up right click menu
> so
> I think the problem belongs to IE 7.
>
> I have checked task manager, and this problem seems happen when I reach a
> high memory usage.
>
> I am using IE 7, version 7.0.5730.13 and my OS is Windows XP SP3.
>
> The problem does not happen if I use firefox, even with more opening tabs.

Thanks Rob,

I will try with this workround to see if it helps. Since it is a known
issue, can it be fixed?

Cheers,

"rob^_^" wrote:

> Hi DZ,
>
> This is a known issue and is caused by the cache filling up when you open a
> lot of tabs/windows. You can either close some tabs or Clean your cache
> occasionally from the options on Internet Options. See Tools>Internet
> Options - General tab, Temporary Internet Files section - Settings button.
>
> Use the recommended settings for the cache size This may not prevent it from
> happening again when you have a lot of tabs/windows open.
>
> Regards.
>
> "DZ" <DZ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:71CA5407-53FC-4B56-BC86-D69D6FA12E70@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have been with IE 7 for coupls of months and I have encounted an
> > annoying
> > problem.
> >
> > Sometimes when I was browsering internet, especially after I've open many
> > tabs in a single IE 7 application, "Right click menu" in IE 7 will stop
> > working and if I still trying to open a new tab, the tool menu bar in the
> > new
> > tab will gone.
> >
> > However, if I go back to my desktop, I can still pop up right click menu
> > so
> > I think the problem belongs to IE 7.
> >
> > I have checked task manager, and this problem seems happen when I reach a
> > high memory usage.
> >
> > I am using IE 7, version 7.0.5730.13 and my OS is Windows XP SP3.
> >
> > The problem does not happen if I use firefox, even with more opening tabs.
>

"DZ" <DZ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:71CA5407-53FC-4B56-BC86-D69D6FA12E70@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have been with IE 7 for coupls of months and I have encounted an annoying
> problem.
>
> Sometimes when I was browsering internet, especially after I've open many
> tabs in a single IE 7 application, "Right click menu" in IE 7 will stop
> working and if I still trying to open a new tab, the tool menu bar in the new
> tab will gone.


Use Task Manager or Process Explorer to check for a resources issue.

Also, this poster found another tool which may help you refine
your symptom description:

http://www.microsoft.com/communities...eda&sloc=en-us

<quote author="rchardon">
For others as unfamiliar with this serious limitation I suggest getting GDIview
(http://nirsoft.net/utils/gdi_handles.html) and Microsoft's page GDI Objects,
under User Objects (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724291.aspx).
</quote>

(Search of this newsgroup for
"GDI Objects"
)


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
---


>
> However, if I go back to my desktop, I can still pop up right click menu so
> I think the problem belongs to IE 7.
>
> I have checked task manager, and this problem seems happen when I reach a
> high memory usage.
>
> I am using IE 7, version 7.0.5730.13 and my OS is Windows XP SP3.
>
> The problem does not happen if I use firefox, even with more opening tabs.