How to Stop Explorer

[Guest]

Windows Explorer stops and restarts. How can I stop this so I can check out
what is causing this?
In XP I can Kill Explorer in the task manager. I can't kill explorer in the
task manager, it still keeps trying to restart.

 

[Malke]

Windows Explorer stops and restarts. How can I stop this so I can check out
what is causing this?
In XP I can Kill Explorer in the task manager. I can't kill explorer in the
task manager, it still keeps trying to restart.

Go into Safe Mode. Do clean boot troubleshooting.

How to perform a clean boot in Vista and XP:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/331796


Malke

 

[Guest]

That is where I am at. It is still trying to restart explorer

 

[Malke]

That is where I am at. It is still trying to restart explorer

We don't have enough information to give you focused troubleshooting.
This is abnormal behavior for explorer.exe.

The First Question Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time
things worked and the time they didn't?

The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the
malware/virus status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what
programs (and versions) did you use to determine this?

Be sure the computer is clean:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

Note that the Removing Malware instructions are not Vista-specific. You
may need to run some programs as Administrator and not all programs may
work in Vista. YMMV.


Malke

 

[Ghost Rider]

We don't have enough information to give you focused troubleshooting.
This is abnormal behavior for explorer.exe.

The First Question Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time
things worked and the time they didn't?

The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the
malware/virus status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what
programs (and versions) did you use to determine this?

Be sure the computer is clean:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

Note that the Removing Malware instructions are not Vista-specific. You
may need to run some programs as Administrator and not all programs may
work in Vista. YMMV.


Malke

did you pick up a virus or spyware?
sounds like a problem i had awhile back, can'nt remeber any name(s) it
was spyware which ad-aware detected.

ghost

 

[Guest]

Well it is infected with a virus. I was able to get a cmd prompt and run
windows defender, which halted the process.

 

[Malke]

Well it is infected with a virus. I was able to get a cmd prompt and run
windows defender, which halted the process.

Ah, well that makes sense. But Defender isn't an antivirus. Update your
antivirus and do a full scan in Safe Mode. Suggested antivirus programs
are Kaspersky, NOD32, and Avast (free).


Malke

 

[Guest]

Explorer can be shut in task manager in Vista
if it keeps restarting that means there is sth wrong about it

think about what u have installed recently or what u have done to your pc
cuz for most the time, explorer should not cause a problem.

 

[Cal Bear '66]

Control Panel>Problem Reports and Solutions can give a clue