Windows Explorer

[czly]

I don't know which "discussion group" this belongs in but I am having nothing
but problems with Windows Explorer.... it quits working and has to restart.
I even get the "blue screen of death" now and then. Once when it stop
working a message came up that said VISTA cause the problem and to download
an update & a link was provided.... Downloaded and installed it.. still have
the problem. I am very unhappy with VISTA and Microsoft in general.... I
have had nothing but problems since I bought this computer..... I don't
think I will ever buy a PC again... gonna go for a MAC. Is anyone else
having problems with Windows Explorer????

 

[oscar]

I've owned my Vista for a year. Never got a blue screen.

Try using the diagnositc tools that the computer manufacturer supplied with
your computer to see if you have any faulty hardware.

 

[Censored Syndrome]

Is "windows Explorer" Internet Explorer by chance?

Windows Explorer is the GUI shell in Windows. It is the file windows,
icons, Taskbar, Start Menu, etc..

ss.

 

[HeyBub]

I don't know which "discussion group" this belongs in but I am having
nothing but problems with Windows Explorer.... it quits working and
has to restart. I even get the "blue screen of death" now and then.
Once when it stop working a message came up that said VISTA cause the
problem and to download an update & a link was provided....
Downloaded and installed it.. still have the problem. I am very
unhappy with VISTA and Microsoft in general.... I have had nothing
but problems since I bought this computer..... I don't think I will
ever buy a PC again... gonna go for a MAC. Is anyone else having
problems with Windows Explorer????

A message popped up saying there was a problem and this same message said
you needed to download and apply an update?

I know of NO official messages that say a problem can be fixed by applying
an update.

They hooked you.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

I don't know which "discussion group" this belongs in but I am having
nothing
but problems with Windows Explorer.... it quits working and has to
restart.
I even get the "blue screen of death" now and then. Once when it stop
working a message came up that said VISTA cause the problem and to
download
an update & a link was provided.... Downloaded and installed it.. still
have
the problem. I am very unhappy with VISTA and Microsoft in general....
I
have had nothing but problems since I bought this computer..... I don't
think I will ever buy a PC again... gonna go for a MAC. Is anyone else
having problems with Windows Explorer????

Click on the Start orb type "cmd" in Start/Search but do not hit Enter.
Right click on the cmd icon at the top of the menu and select Run As
Administrator. Type "sfc /scannow" and hit Enter (there is a space after
sfc). That should repair any bad system files. See if that fixes the
problem.

 

[brazenkat]

Windows Explorer is the GUI shell in Windows. It is the file windows,
icons, Taskbar, Start Menu, etc..

ss.

 

[brazenkat]

The day before my computer started having windows explorer stop working then
reprt then restart. Probably 60+ times. Since I had just opened a download
decided it was a trojan or something. Affected the cmd and rundll.exe. I
ended up with about 30 rundll.exe at once going in processes on tskmgr. I'm a
novice has been a real learning curve. Deleted what I could but some just
couldn't be deleted. Cleaned disk and have restored to a prior date. Tried
your recipe for repairing bad system files but the option to run as
administrator didn't come up. Just the usual right click options for
delete/open etc.
Thanks