Explorer.exe - Application error

[sphilip]

have winxp pro with sp2 on my
system...................this is my stand-alone home pc &
im not connected to any network nor do i have any sort of
internet or network connection...................

now for the last couple of days i keep getting the
following error whenever i try to open windows explorer

" Explorer.exe - Application error The aplication failed
to intialize (0xc0000006).
click OK to terminate the application."


firstly i cannot get into my normal desktop the second i
login i get this error & the machine freezes. so i cannot
go to my computers n run the scan as adviced by u. also i
donot have an internet connection at home so i cannot Go
to: http://sarc.com/. i did download the adaware tool at
work but as i cannot get to my normal desktop i cannot
install the same.

i tried starting my machine in the safe mode but i get the
same error on logon.

i started the machine with the cd boot n under recovery
console i ran chkdsk \r.........after which i got a report
saying it corrected 1 or more errors. but on restart i get
the same error.

any advice on what i must try next?

is there a way to repair the entire registry & system
files without having to format etc.

anticipating your advice at the earliest.

 

[Rock]

have winxp pro with sp2 on my
system...................this is my stand-alone home pc &
im not connected to any network nor do i have any sort of
internet or network connection...................

now for the last couple of days i keep getting the
following error whenever i try to open windows explorer

" Explorer.exe - Application error The aplication failed
to intialize (0xc0000006).
click OK to terminate the application."


firstly i cannot get into my normal desktop the second i
login i get this error & the machine freezes. so i cannot
go to my computers n run the scan as adviced by u. also i
donot have an internet connection at home so i cannot Go
to: http://sarc.com/. i did download the adaware tool at
work but as i cannot get to my normal desktop i cannot
install the same.

i tried starting my machine in the safe mode but i get the
same error on logon.

i started the machine with the cd boot n under recovery
console i ran chkdsk \r.........after which i got a report
saying it corrected 1 or more errors. but on restart i get
the same error.

any advice on what i must try next?

is there a way to repair the entire registry & system
files without having to format etc.

anticipating your advice at the earliest.

Try a repair install. This should preserve your data and programs. Do
you have a backup of important files? If not you might want to do that
before trying the repair install. There are two ways to do the backup.
One is slave the drive in another XP computer and copy the files. The
other is to download an .ISO file of Knoppix. This is a linux version
that will fit on a CD. Boot the computer with this CD. It can read
NTFS formatted drives. If you have two CD drives, it can burn the files
to one of them while booted from the other.

Here is how to do a repair install:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

You will loose all hotfixes. Those will have to be reinstalled from
windows update or you could just install SP2.

 

[Don Taylor]

have winxp pro with sp2 on my
system...................this is my stand-alone home pc &
im not connected to any network nor do i have any sort of
internet or network connection...................

now for the last couple of days i keep getting the
following error whenever i try to open windows explorer

" Explorer.exe - Application error The aplication failed
to intialize (0xc0000006).
click OK to terminate the application."

firstly i cannot get into my normal desktop the second i
login i get this error & the machine freezes. so i cannot
go to my computers n run the scan as adviced by u. also i
donot have an internet connection at home so i cannot Go
to: http://sarc.com/. i did download the adaware tool at
work but as i cannot get to my normal desktop i cannot
install the same.

i tried starting my machine in the safe mode but i get the
same error on logon.

i started the machine with the cd boot n under recovery
console i ran chkdsk \r.........after which i got a report
saying it corrected 1 or more errors. but on restart i get
the same error.

any advice on what i must try next?

is there a way to repair the entire registry & system
files without having to format etc.

anticipating your advice at the earliest.

There have been a string of folks reporting very similar problems
to what you are reporting. Some find that anything which uses
Windows Explorer (Recycle bin, folder shortcuts, control panel,
etc) all have a similar problem. Some find that right clicks are
their major problem. Some find any click. Some find it crashes
on open. Some find it refuses any clicks. There are some claims
but I've been scanning the thousands of postings on SP2 and I don't
think you will find any with "the fix" for this, at least yet.

But, some find it will work when you boot in safe mode.

And, some find it will work when you create a new user and switch
to that user to try it.

One of those might be a temporary work-around till you get an answer.

Some claim it is all spyware and viruses but I haven't seen any
posting that confirmed this for the Windows Explorer problem.
I carefully and repeatedly checked, no viruses or spyware and my
windows explorer locks up every time

Some claim it is Divx or Spy Sweeper installed that is responsible
for this but others have it, don't have those and some seem to have
those and have no problem. I don't and it locks up.

Some claim it is "ShellExtensions", little accessory gadgets that
sort of script extra cute features. The advice for that is to
install free ShellExView and to try (carefully) disabling these
features one at a time, if turning one off doesn't do anything then
turn it back on and try again. I did that with all 75 at once and
it made no difference at all. One person sent me mail saying that
disabling one extension he had did appear to fix his problem.

You can escalate to Microsoft, go to
support.microsoft.com/windowsxpsp2
and give them all the details and clues and patterns you can find.
There is no guarantee that their analysis or directions will be
correct or even not make it worse. They told me I must "have some
corrupted files, repair windows back to install state and then
reinstall SP2 twice while in Safe mode." Before I did that someone
posted the "switch user" workaround that let me get by temporarily.
I sent email saying that if it worked for one user then it seemed
less likely it was "some corrupted files" and asked if they still
wanted me to blow windows away. They have not reponded to that in
a number of days now. But I can imagine what it is like inside now.

I hope this helps. If someone tells you to try something and it
doesn't help then please make a posting so we can start accumulating
what suggestions don't do any good. And if someone tells you something
that does work then please report it.