By default all the folders that are opened is considered as a single process in windows 7.This is highy useful to save precious System resources.But this also has got a bottleneck if any folder fails to respond or crashes inturn it leads to the failure of shell.So it a better choice to run some folders as a seperate process.
Open windows explorer navigate to the folder which u want to open as a seperate process.Select the folder .Now holding the shift key rightclick on the folder .Now you can see Open in new process option .Select it mission accomplished
Open windows explorer navigate to the folder which u want to open as a seperate process.Select the folder .Now holding the shift key rightclick on the folder .Now you can see Open in new process option .Select it mission accomplished