# Freezing when right clicking a local C: drive item **URL:** \ **Category:** Help & Support\ **Tags:** 3rd-party-issue\ **Created:** [February 8, 2026, 3:51am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/freezing-when-right-clicking-a-local-c-drive-item/58526 "2026-02-08T03:51:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yakov](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/yakov/32/55979_2.png) [@Yakov](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Yakov)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 3:51am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/freezing-when-right-clicking-a-local-c-drive-item/58526/1 "2026-02-08T03:51:07Z")
![dopus_jR3iztpnYj](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/b/a/ba3501afd227ad2a8961150d7c7c0fc6347875bb.jpeg) ![dopus_GmXta8xxAn](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/6/8/68910d2715117006825c5806e9b7d43d62528271.jpeg) This never occured in the previous version, im using latest 13.21 stable. One possibility i can think of is i have network drives in the quick access top bar, and a windows update broke the links, but it shouldnt be polling those when im just using the context menu (the network drives have no place there) ---
**Author:** ![Jon](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/jon/32/12713_2.png) [@Jon](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Jon)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 4:17am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/freezing-when-right-clicking-a-local-c-drive-item/58526/2 "2026-02-08T04:17:39Z")
The error message tells you what caused the delay (UnLocker Menu) and offers to block it in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Yakov](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/yakov/32/55979_2.png) [@Yakov](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Yakov)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 4:37am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/freezing-when-right-clicking-a-local-c-drive-item/58526/3 "2026-02-08T04:37:47Z")
Thats not a dopus class im guessing? hmm, perhaps its IO bit unlocker ---
**Author:** ![PolarGoose](https://resource.dopus.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/4491bb/32.png) [@PolarGoose](https://resource.dopus.com/u/PolarGoose)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/freezing-when-right-clicking-a-local-c-drive-item/58526/4 "2026-02-08T14:06:53Z")
`IObit Unlocker` doesn't look like trusted SW, to be honest. There are better alternatives: - [Microsoft file locksmith](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/file-locksmith) - [ShowWhatProcessLocksFile](https://github.com/PolarGoose/ShowWhatProcessLocksFile) - [LockHunter](https://lockhunter.com/download.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/leo/32/69732_2.png) [@Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Leo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/freezing-when-right-clicking-a-local-c-drive-item/58526/5 "2026-02-08T14:34:15Z")
The best alternative is not to use an unlocker at all. If something is in use and you can't shut down the process that's locking the file, rebooting is best. (Delete-on-reboot tools can also be used if the process restarts and locks the file before you can delete the file.) Tools that force handles closed in other processes aren't worth the risk if you can just reboot to solve the same problem. See [Raymond Chen Discusses Cascading Errors from Forcing Handles Closed | Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/technet-magazine/dd547078(v=msdn.10)?redirectedfrom=MSDN) for the details of why they're bad. ---
**Author:** ![PolarGoose](https://resource.dopus.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/4491bb/32.png) [@PolarGoose](https://resource.dopus.com/u/PolarGoose)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/freezing-when-right-clicking-a-local-c-drive-item/58526/6 "2026-02-08T14:46:32Z")
> [@Leo](#): > > The best alternative is not to use an unlocker at all. Yes, it is true. But the tools that I recommended show you which process locks the file and offer to terminate it. I think `LockHunter` also has an option to close the handle. But indeed, you shouldn't use this feature. Thanks for the article. ---
**Author:** ![Yakov](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/yakov/32/55979_2.png) [@Yakov](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Yakov)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 4:57pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/freezing-when-right-clicking-a-local-c-drive-item/58526/7 "2026-02-08T16:57:01Z")
The issue was caused by the broken network drives, strange it was showing as the unlocker. i disconnected them and the freezes stopped. ---
**Author:** ![PassThePeas](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/passthepeas/32/50972_2.png) [@PassThePeas](https://resource.dopus.com/u/PassThePeas)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 5:14pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/freezing-when-right-clicking-a-local-c-drive-item/58526/8 "2026-02-08T17:14:24Z")
More likely Unlocker was trying to access the mapped networked drive and was taking a long time to realize they were unreachable.