Strange Photoshop problem

I seem to be getting an unexplained interaction with Photoshop 7.0 and
other programs on my computer. First of all, thumbnails take forever to
load when I open "My Pictures." Even when I view my pictures as a list
the Photoshop icon slowly loads on each individual pic. If I try to
scroll down the list before all the icons are loaded, the computer will
freeze up or crash.

Without PS on my computer thumbnails load quickly and the icons have the
"sailboat with the sunset" icon instead of the Photoshop "eye."

I was even unable to use Nero 6.0 until I removed PS. Photoshop works
fine by itself, but it's the way it causes picture (jpegs) lists or
thumbnails to load that's causing the problems.

Can someone explain what it is about Photoshop that's bogging everything
down.

Thanks in advance,
Duke

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