What is 'Proxy Desktop'?

[Ecka]

Hello folks:

I'm running WinXP Home and have been having trouble recently with messages
about 'Proxy Desktop'.

It's not something that I installed or set up, but every time I close
Windows Explorer it tells me that Proxy Desktop has a problem.

Does anyone know anything about this?

Any and all help is much appreciated.

Thanks

Eric

 

[Wesley Vogel]

[[The proxy desktop is related to windows Explorer freezing. If you open
Task Manager you should see multiple instances of Explorer.exe. Ending the
processes in Task Manager should stop the error message.

There's a rather obfuscated explanation at MSDN
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...reference/functions/shsetinstanceexplorer.asp,
under remarks.

In addition, please untick- Windows Explorer >Tools > Folder Options > View

Launch folder windows in a separate process - and see if that helps.

Having this on is supposed to increase system stability by opening each
folder in a separate part of memory. But sometimes performance takes a hit
and may be related to this problem. Experiment!]]
from... Manny Carvalho
http://www.outpostfirewall.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-6212.html

See also...
Google Desktop Proxy
http://www.projectcomputing.com/resources/desktopProxy/

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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