Windows explorer will not start

[RuBigdog]

All of a sudden, my Windows explorer does not start. I
have Windows XP. After logging onto my PC, only the PC
background appears on the screen.

I attempted to manually start explorer by starting task
manager and running C:\windows\explorer without any
success. Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

[Jim]

-----Original Message-----
All of a sudden, my Windows explorer does not start. I
have Windows XP. After logging onto my PC, only the PC
background appears on the screen.

I attempted to manually start explorer by starting task
manager and running C:\windows\explorer without any
success. Does anyone have any suggestions?
.
Since this file is a windows system file, try the system

file checker tool. Click start, run, and type in this
here; "sfc /scannow" with that space after the sfc. It
will ask for your XP CD to copy any needed files from, and
it runs as "windows file protection".

 

[Matt Coy]

Just a note Jim,

He can't go to Start and do that because the Explorer shell won't open.

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Microsoft Aficionado
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[Matt Coy]

RuBigdog,

Try downloading and running this vbs script from Kelly's site and then
restart and see if your problem is fixed. You'll probably need to open IE
from task manager (iexplore).

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/xp_taskbar_desktop_fixall.vbs

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Matt Coy, MCSE
Microsoft Aficionado
Associate Expert
Expert Zone -
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[Guest]

Since I do not have a Start menu, I was able to execute
the program from a DOS prompt by using Task Manager.
However, it did not resolve my problem. Does anyone have
any other suggestion beyond reinstallation?

 

[sampie]

You are all idiots...all you do is press alt+ctrl+delete. Press file then new task. In the field enter Explorer.exe and press enter...problem solved!!!

 

[sampie]

You are all idiots...all you do is press alt+ctrl+delete. Press file then new task. In the field enter Explorer.exe and press enter...problem solved!!!

You must be noobs???