HELP! Explorer Closes Within a Split Second of Opening

[Guest]

When I log onto my account (Windows XP Home), I see the Explorer bar at the
bottom appear and disappear within half a second. I am now on a different
computer asking for help. I have tried to manually start explorer.exe
through the Task Manager but the same thing happened--opened and closed right
away. I now can only open things with the Task Manager and I can't open
internet explorer at all. I fear I may have a virus, but I just scanned the
system not 10 minutes before this started happening. Before this, I received
a notice from Microsoft Anti-Spyware that something was trying to install,
but I opted to remove it. It did remove it, and said I had to restart. When
I did restart, the Explorer errors occurred. I am substantially worried and
would appreciate any help. Thanks.

 

[Brian A.]

Can you run a system restore?
It is in %SystemRoot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe.

If not try:
How to start the Setup program from MS-DOS in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307848

How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341

Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314058


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