explorer.exe Help

[Jerry McMorran]

Hi all,

I'm using WinXP Pro.

When I opened the task manager, I found 2 instances of explorer.exe.
After further investigation, one is the normal one C:\windows\explorer.exe, one is C:\windows\system32\explorer.exe

I'm afraid of directly deleting that strange one from my hard disk because I don't know whether it is really normal or not. When I
searched the registry with the string "system32\explorer.exe", only one result is found:
Location = HLM\software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Name = Shell
Value = c:\windows\system32\explorer.exe

By the way, I heard from some BBS that the software StyleXP is related to "system32\explorer.exe". And as I'm using StyleXp too, I
really don't know whether I should manually delete that "system32\explorer.exe" or not.

Could someone help me?

Thanks in advance!

Jerry McMorran

 

[Roger Abell]

When in doubt try a rename and see what it breaks
When you look at the properties of the system32
located one, is there any hint of origin in the version
info ?

--
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server System: Security)
MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA

Hi all,

I'm using WinXP Pro.

When I opened the task manager, I found 2 instances of explorer.exe.
After further investigation, one is the normal one

C:\windows\explorer.exe, one is C:\windows\system32\explorer.exe

I'm afraid of directly deleting that strange one from my hard disk because

I don't know whether it is really normal or not. When I

searched the registry with the string "system32\explorer.exe", only one result is found:
Location = HLM\software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Name = Shell
Value = c:\windows\system32\explorer.exe

By the way, I heard from some BBS that the software StyleXP is related to

"system32\explorer.exe". And as I'm using StyleXp too, I

really don't know whether I should manually delete that

"system32\explorer.exe" or not.

 

[Jerry McMorran]

It does not contain any version information.
It seems to be a program for old version of Windows...
I've put all the information of my investigation here, see if u have any idea:
http://blueboy1.hp.infoseek.co.jp/investigation.htm