More Explorer Troubles

[mark4man]

People,

I've always preferred to use Windows Explorer as my directory of choice, but
it doesn't seem to work so hot in XP [I'm talking here about the main
program . . . as opposed to Start Menu Explorer options (e.g., My Documents,
My Computer, etc.)]

But those Start Menu Explorer options seem to be crash proof, as opposed to
Windows Explorer itself, which is crash prone.

Below is a list of Application Errors, as taken from my Dr. Watson Log File:

Application exception occurred:
App: C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE (pid=1216)
When: 9/15/2003 @ 20:11:56.218
Exception number: c0000005 (access violation)

Application exception occurred:
App: C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe (pid=2072)
When: 9/16/2003 @ 18:02:20.250
Exception number: 80000007

Application exception occurred:
App: C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe (pid=2368)
When: 9/18/2003 @ 22:33:28.984
Exception number: c0000005 (access violation)

My questions are:

What's the difference between Windows Explorer itself; & the Start Menu
Explorer options . . .

.. . . why do the Start Menu Explorer options work better . . .

.. . . & how do I keep Windows Explorer itself from crashing?

Thanks much,

mark4man

 

[Rich Barry]

Mark, check here.
http://tinyurl.com/ow4u

 

[mark4man]

Rich,

It was this one:

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"Explorer.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows"

The Dr. Watson utility then runs and creates a log file.

When this error message occurs, either no desktop is displayed or the
desktop is blank. If you press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to start Task Manager, you
note that Explorer.exe is consuming close to 100 percent of the available
resources.
CAUSE
This behavior can occur if the Norton CleanSweep program was installed.
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GOOD OL' SYMANTEC ! ! !

Thanks, man,

mark4man
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Mark, check here.
http://tinyurl.com/ow4u

People,

I've always preferred to use Windows Explorer as my directory of choice, but
it doesn't seem to work so hot in XP [I'm talking here about the main
program . . . as opposed to Start Menu Explorer options (e.g., My Documents,
My Computer, etc.)]

But those Start Menu Explorer options seem to be crash proof, as opposed to
Windows Explorer itself, which is crash prone.

Below is a list of Application Errors, as taken from my Dr. Watson Log File:

Application exception occurred:
App: C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE (pid=1216)
When: 9/15/2003 @ 20:11:56.218
Exception number: c0000005 (access violation)

Application exception occurred:
App: C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe (pid=2072)
When: 9/16/2003 @ 18:02:20.250
Exception number: 80000007

Application exception occurred:
App: C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe (pid=2368)
When: 9/18/2003 @ 22:33:28.984
Exception number: c0000005 (access violation)

My questions are:

What's the difference between Windows Explorer itself; & the Start Menu
Explorer options . . .

. . . why do the Start Menu Explorer options work better . . .

. . . & how do I keep Windows Explorer itself from crashing?

Thanks much,

mark4man