I am working with a Windows 2008 R2 terminal server. From the command prompt, I enter "explorer" and takes about 16 seconds to open the explorer window. I get the same slow response from Start - All Programs - Accessories - Windows Explorer. However, if I right click the start button and select "Open Windows Explorer," Explorer opens almost instantaneously. What would cause the command line to open Explorer so slowly? I have a couple of mapped drives that all work correctly. The problem affects all users (including administrators -local and domain) on the terminal server in the same way. Even new users which did not previously have a profile on the machine. I have turned off network discovery, file and printer sharing, and public folder sharing but it did not make a difference.

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