I have a computer that has windows xp pro installed and recently it has developed a problem that I don't understand or know how to fix. I was hoping someone out here could help me.

Problem:
When in Windows Explorer, Right click on open space in the right half of the window, a context menu pops up. As soon as the cursor pauses on the "New" menu on this context menu, Explorer hangs with the hour glass showing. I have waited up to 10 minutes for it to come back, but it doesn't
So far the only answer I have is to end task on Explorer and not hover over the "New" command in that context menu. This makes it hard to make a new folder :-)

Has anyone seen this behaviour before or have any idea why it might be happening?

Thanks in advance!

Paul Hermans