Wierdness with new XP+SP2 install

[ebaycj]

Hey all - any help would be appreciated.

Here's the deal. New XP install on empty HD with SP2 slipstreamed. When I log in, everything seems okay. The default (shell) session of "explorer.exe" runs with "Normal" priority. Now here's the wierdness: Any new instances of explorer.exe that I open (for example, to browse the filesystem), no matter how I open them (start->run->explorer.exe, dbl-click on explorer.exe, create a shortcut to explorer.exe and run that, etc...), always start with "High" priority.

This is annoying because when I right click on something in a "High" priority windows explorer, it takes precedence over anything I have running in the background (i.e. media player, playing mp3's). Going in to task manager and setting the priority to "Normal" fixes my problem, but I can't be doing that every time I open an explorer window.. Anyone know of a reg-hack or something that fixes this problem? Google was pretty much unhelpful.

Thanks,
ebaycj

 

[imported_Phil]

Odd.
Do you have Control Panel -> Folder Options -> View -> Launch folder windows in a seperate process turned on? If so, try disabling it and see what that does.


[Edit] My SP2 install does the same thing, but it doesn't interfere with anything.

 

[ebaycj]

Phil, Thanks for the suggestion.. I just tried it both ways, the problem still persists..

I just checked my xpsp2 laptop and it does the same thing as well, I wonder if this is default behavior for xpsp2.

EDIT: just checked a 2k3sp1 box at work, it does the same thing, but, again, does not interfere with anything.. wierd.