Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) freezes at startup

[Brandon Taylor]

Every time I start or restart Windows, the Windows Explorer process
("explorer.exe") crashes. After I click on the Windows taskbar enough times,
Windows tells me that "Windows Explorer is not responding" and gives me the
option to restart, close, or wait. I click "Restart the program" and
everything works fine the second time around. What's the issue here?

Brandon Taylor

 

[CBoom]

Read this solution
http://computerboom.blogspot.com/2008/12/windows-explorer-crashes-in-several.html

please leave feedback if it helps you!

also download this and scan your pc for spyware

http://www.malwarebytes.org/

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[Brandon Taylor]

Thanks, I just went through Windows Defender and turned off most of the
startup programs, and now Windows Explorer is all well and good.

 

[Peter Foldes]

You are not out the woods yet.Chances are that you're seeing the affects of a
hijackware infection

Run Malwarebytes and Superantispyware along with MSRT


Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe

SuperAntiSpyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/downloadfile.html?productid=SUPERANTISPYWAREFREE

MSRT
http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx