Explorer.exe Fails To Shut Down

[Guest]

I'm running Win XP Media CenterEd. Ver 2002 SP2. When I shut the computer
down a notice appears stating that Explorer.exe is still running. I have
to click "end now" for it to stop, and allow Win to close .

How can I correct this situation?

 

[Malke]

I'm running Win XP Media CenterEd. Ver 2002 SP2. When I shut the
computer
down a notice appears stating that Explorer.exe is still running. I
have to click "end now" for it to stop, and allow Win to close .

How can I correct this situation?

Go through this excellent shutdown troubleshooter:
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

And as always, make sure your computer is virus/malware-free:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

Malke

 

[diannew]

I have Dell Dimension 9200 with Windows Vista Home Premium and find that
explorer.exe fails to close at shutdown. Please Help someone?

 

[Kelly]

Post here: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general

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[diannew]

Please someone help, there must be loads of folk that want an answer to this
question.

 

[diannew]

I have Dell Dimension 9200 with Windows Vista Home Premium and find that
explorer.exe fails to close at shutdown. Please Help someone?

 

[R. McCarty]

This question is better directed at the Vista NG's. While XP &
Vista are related the code base is different. Fixes that might work
on an XP system may not be applicable to Vista.

Explorer.Exe is a very major component of Windows. There are
interactions between it and many other components. There isn't a
simple answer because just a failure to close is a very generic type
description. The problem could be other software you are using or
dependant services that aren't closing first. The only suggestion I'd
make is boot it to Safe Mode, then Shutdown. If the issue doesn't
show itself it's a 3rd-Party driver or application at fault. Locating
that isn't an easy or simple thing to accomplish.