personal folders will not open

For the past few days I've had trouble opening any folder on my desktop. My
Programs tend to open, but when I try to open for instance a "music folder"
the window comes up and its blank, or it freezes?

This is also true with any folder I try to open from the start menu.

I tried running a disk defrag. but it went on for over 10 hours! I also
downloaded another fragmenter, but I still have issues.

this is on vista home basic

"sfrancis83" wrote:

> For the past few days I've had trouble opening any folder on my desktop. My
> Programs tend to open, but when I try to open for instance a "music folder"
> the window comes up and its blank, or it freezes?
>
> This is also true with any folder I try to open from the start menu.
>
> I tried running a disk defrag. but it went on for over 10 hours! I also
> downloaded another fragmenter, but I still have issues.