CmdLineExt.dll - Large delay when right-clicking on broken shortcuts in Explorer

Right-clicking on a shortcut pointing to a program that has been moved or uninstalled causes explorer to freeze for 15 seconds, after which the context menu may or may not appear. This was found in Windows XP, though it may occur in other versions of Windows as well.

This file is installed with certain versions of Sony's SecuROM copy protection, which is silently installed with certain games. It may attempt to re-enable itself each time the game is run. To find out which game it was installed with, do a search of your drive for other files created on the date.

The details of the shell extension that might cause the problem:

Shell Extension Name:	CmdLineContextMenu Class
Filename:	CmdLineExt.dll
Description:	SecuROM context menu for Explorer.
Company:	Sony DADC Austria AG.
Product Name:
File Version:	1,1,223,0
CLSID:	{F0407C3D-349C-42B9-B83E-821E31623DF9}

If you think that you have similar problem in your system, you can try to fix the problem by disabling the specified shell extension. In order to do that, simply follow the instructions below:

1. Download and run the ShellExView utility from this Web page.
2. Find the right shell extension according the details specified above.
3. Select this shell extension and press F7 to disable this extension. After disabling the shell extension, check if the problem still occurs. If the problem still occurs, you should enable back the shell extension by pressing F8, and then try to search for another shell extension that might cause your problem.

This shell extension problem was reported by Cryo