Explorer application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000005)

[davespiker18]

Hope you can help.....
I was working on a new laptop yesterday, and apparently hit a website
that hit me with
some kind of Trojan virus.... My AV software flagged it, so I assume
I was okay...

But, to be sure, I ran a full scan, and a spyware scan... and all came
up clean....

When I rebooted, I login, and then a popup comes from EXPLORER.EXE,
and says:

"Application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000005). Click OK to
Continue"

I click ok (twice), and the computer is up, but Explorer is unable to
run.
I tried running it manually from Task Manager, but get the same error.

I did some searching on the web, but can't find an appropriate answer.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Just a guess, but the web page may have added a plug-in that affects both
Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer. See if the steps here help:

Problems with Plug-ins:
http://rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#plugin

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org