Windows Explorer Crashes in XP Pro

[Jed Sheckler]

I took over a laptop recently from a co-worker (dell inspiron 8200, 2ghz)
with xp pro installed. I created a new Administrator account for myself,
and exported all my settings from my previous computer. When everything
appeared to be working well, I deleted my co-workers account. Now, about
80% of the time, windows explorer will crash when I try to move files or
folders, either by cut or copy, whether through the menu or keyboard
shortcuts, or try to delete folders. It will do it every time for several
hours to days, and then stop doing it for several hours to several days. My
co-worker did not have these problems under his account. The computer has
SP2 installed, but this was occuring before that. Re-installing windows is
not an option at the moment, and the inability to move files has almost put
a stop to my work. Anyone ever seen this before and know of a fix?
Anything more I can tell you to help diagnose this problem? Thanks!

jed

 

[Jed Sheckler]

I'll add a couple of things, for the archives, as there seems to be many
people with this problem, but no solutions posted. This definitely seems to
be a windows system problem, as it occurs in Safe Mode as well. My work
around, until I can spend the time necessary to do a complete re-install is
to use Total Commander to move files around. Thanks Microsoft for a job
well done...

 

[Guest]

I have this type of problem as well. A complete inability to move or delete
anything. This also goes for temp files created by MS Office. As Word creates
temp files, and attempts to overwrite or change them, the problem causes Word
to crash, leaving behind temp files that cannot be deleted. Starting Word
again to continue work only starts the process over again.

I have gone as far as reinstalling XP Pro and still have the same problem. I
would have thought Microsoft would have gotten sick of all of the error
reports I send by now.