S
Swabbie
Has anyone found the solution to the error message "Windows Explorer has
stopped working" and watch it close and then restart?
stopped working" and watch it close and then restart?
R
Rick Rogers
Hi,
Explorer acts like that when there is a conflicting application. Whether
it's spy/adware, an incompatible program, or interfering software is what
you need to determine. Sometimes the problem lies in certain antivirus
applications as well. Try this: Click start and type msconfig, then hit
<enter>. On the general tab, choose diagnostic mode, then click apply/ok and
reboot. See it the problem continues. If it doesn't (and I don't suspect it
will), move to selective startup mode and just allow a few of the
applications to load in between reboots until the problem returns. Once it
does, you know it is one of the newly reactivated ones.
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
Explorer acts like that when there is a conflicting application. Whether
it's spy/adware, an incompatible program, or interfering software is what
you need to determine. Sometimes the problem lies in certain antivirus
applications as well. Try this: Click start and type msconfig, then hit
<enter>. On the general tab, choose diagnostic mode, then click apply/ok and
reboot. See it the problem continues. If it doesn't (and I don't suspect it
will), move to selective startup mode and just allow a few of the
applications to load in between reboots until the problem returns. Once it
does, you know it is one of the newly reactivated ones.
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
S
Swabbie
This sounds strange to me, but when I deleted the contents of my download
folder everything seemed to return to normal. Could a program in there have
caused it? I did cut out fluff from startup.
folder everything seemed to return to normal. Could a program in there have
caused it? I did cut out fluff from startup.
Rick Rogers said:
R
Rick Rogers
Hi,
Yep, as those files load with Internet Explorer and that shares many
processes with explorer.exe.
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
Yep, as those files load with Internet Explorer and that shares many
processes with explorer.exe.
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
Swabbie said:
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Zebra Code
Swabbie said:
going linux?
i got used with it. might even feel uncomfortable without
it's sort of a 'soft bsod' which in the nt-based systems, since w2k atleast,
has mostly replaced the unrecoverable crashes of win9* systems.
if you look at your traybar, you'll notice that after recovering in such
cases some icons (task manager for instance) disappear and behave abnormally
till next reboot. and you might not see any longer in the taskbar programs
which alt-tab show currently running.
ciao, ZC