Problem with Winamp 5.12 stalling when I r-click

[spyrule]

Hello,

I have read through the forums and cannot find something
similar, so here goes...

I have been experiencing a weird... issue. when I use
winamp 5.12 (which I love btw). If I am in the windows
explorer, and I right click a file (has to be a file, not
just anywhere) the display on winamp fully stalls.
eventually my music will fully stop playing until I click
away from the context menu.

Also, when this happens, even my mouse responce to the
context menu is stalled as well. This ONLY happens when
winamp is running.

here's what I have:

Winamp 5.21 using a 2.xx skin (www.ultrashock.com's skin),
Windows XP Pro
AMD x64 3000+ (Oc'ed 200mhz)
2Gig of Corsair ram
Asus Via chipset mobo (cannot remember the model)
Creative SB Audigy 2 (running latest drivers)
WD 120Gig SATA HDD
ATi X800XT AIW 256 AGP 8x card (running latest Omega Drvr)
Dual monitor setup, and usual preferals.

I have checked for the gen_nomad.dll, it aint there.

here is my plugins list :
==============================
Installed Winamp plugin list
Generated by 'One for Nunz v2.75'

<< Winamp Information >>

Winamp.ini path is: C:\Program Files\Winamp\Winamp.ini
Plugin directory is: C:\Program Files\Winamp\Plugins
Visualisation directory is: C:\Program Files\Winamp\Plugins
DSP directory is: C:\Program Files\Winamp\Plugins
Skin directory is: D:\audio\Winamp_old\Skins

Using Winamp version: 5.12 (Build 275)
Current skin: ultrashock_winampskin.wsz


<< Input plugins >>

Nullsoft CD plug-in (CDDB2) v3.12 [in_cdda.dll]
Nullsoft DirectShow Decoder v0.97 [in_dshow.dll]
Nullsoft LineIn plug-in v3.11 [in_linein.dll]
Nullsoft MIDI player 3.09 [in_midi.dll]
Nullsoft Module Decoder v2.2.12 (x86) [in_mod.dll]
Nullsoft MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 Audio Decoder 3.4 [in_mp3.dll]
Nullsoft MPEG-4 Audio Decoder v0.72 [in_mp4.dll]
Nullsoft NSV Decoder v1.06 [in_nsv.dll]
Nullsoft Vorbis Decoder v1.43 [in_vorbis.dll]
Nullsoft Waveform Decoder v2.06 [in_wave.dll]
Nullsoft Windows Media Decoder 3.0 [in_wm.dll]

<< Output plugins >>

Nullsoft Disk Writer plug-in v2.1 [out_disk.dll]
DirectSound output v2.42 (d) [out_ds.dll] [active]
waveOut output v2.1 (d) [out_wave.dll]

<< Visualisation plugins >>

Advanced Visualization Studio v2.81b [vis_avs.dll]
MilkDrop 1.04c [vis_milk.dll] [active]
Nullsoft Tiny Fullscreen (v2.06) [vis_nsfs.dll]

<< DSP plugins >>

Nullsoft Signal Processing Studio DSP v0.36 [dsp_sps.dll]

<< General Purpose plugins >>

Nullsoft Modern Skins Support v1.1 [gen_ff.dll]
Nullsoft Global Hotkeys v1.3 [gen_hotkeys.dll]
Jump To File Extra v0.96fg [gen_jumpex.dll]
Nullsoft Winamp Library v2.2 [gen_ml.dll]
One for Nunz v2.75 [gen_nunzio.dll]
Nullsoft Tray Control v0.2 [gen_tray.dll]

<< Media Library plugins >>

SHOUTcast Wire v1.02 [ml_wire.dll]
ml_xpdxs v1.0.2 [ml_xpdxs.dll]

<< Encoder plugins >>

[enc_aac.dll]
Raw AAC v1.00
[enc_aacplus.dll]
aacPlus Encoder v1.1
[enc_lame.dll]
MP3 Encoder v1.21
[enc_mp4.dll]
MP4 AAC v1.0
[enc_wma.dll]
WMA Encoder v1.1


<< Summary of installed plugins >>

11 Input plugins installed
3 Output plugins installed
3 Visualisation plugins installed
1 DSP plugin installed
6 General Purpose plugins installed
2 Media Library plugins installed
5 Encoder plugins installed

Total: 31 plugins installed
================================================

and as for processes :

Logitech G15 specific Apps:
LGDCore.exe
LCDMon.exe
LCDClock.exe

Antivirus (trend micro):
pccguide.exe

Dual Monitor stuff:
Ultramon.exe
UltramonTaskbar.exe

generic stuff:
explorer.exe

I have and can reproduce the same issue with all non-
essential services stoped. So I don't think it's
services related.

If you need the Hijackthis log let me know (I hate using
it... it's annoying!).

Thanks in advance for ANY help that can be rendered,

spyrule

edit: general gramatical blunders

[JonnyMac]

Winamp 5.12 is old and unsupported. Try updating to 5.31 and I would suggest a full uninstall > reinstall (AKA clean install) of Winamp.

If problems continue please provide a HjT log.

[spyrule]

Hello,

ok, took your suggestion, completely un-installed winamp
(deleted the directory even), re-installed the newest
version. Problem still happens. So I have attached the
Hjt.txt file.

If you need any other info, let me know. I'll be more
then happy to dig up any info you require to help resolve
this.

spyrule

[Rocker]

windows has a bug that will use 100% cpu resources while the right click context menu is open.

i can reproduce with any file format.

the cpu hogging that explorer has, is what makes winamp go like that.

i'm sure many other programs have similar problems.

[spyrule]

hey thanks,

your absolutely right. I never noticed before. I don't ever play video's and r-click anything, so that's the only time I would have noticed it.

Anybody know if their is a solution for this bug ?

Thanks a ton Rocker...

spyrule.

[spyrule]

found a temporary fix for the 100% usage problem :

Start the Control Panel Display applet.
Select the Appearance tab.
Click Effects, then clear the "Use the following transition effect for menus and tooltips" check box.
Click OK to close all dialog boxes.

Fixed the problem for me!

spyrule

[Rocker]

thanks, worked for me too.

[JonnyMac]

I have not noticed that until this thread. Unchecking "Use the following transition effect for menus and tooltips" does fix the issue for me also. Thanks spyrule and Rocker.