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Explorer.exe closing & reststarting
Name: cartman Date: June 3, 2008 at 07:18:04 Pacific OS: XP SP2 CPU/Ram: 800 Product: NA
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When I load windows, explorer.exe constantly closes and tries to restart. (Thus the entire desktop icons and taskbar disappears) I have run a virus scan with Norton Antivirus in real mode, ran McAfee from Bart PE Disk, ran chk disk, defragged, ran adaware .... all with no success. This even occurs in safe mode. I have even replaced explorer.exe ... no success.
I am close to restoring an image from a few months ago but if anyone has some advice, I would appreciate it.
Using System Restore too many times can cause more harm than good. After doing a restore that does not fix a problem, then UNDO the Restoration, and try another restore point, or just do the UNDO.
Name: cartman Date: June 3, 2008 at 07:38:33 Pacific
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System restore is disabled. I've never had success with it so I switched it off ages ago.
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Response Number 4
Name: Bryco Date: June 3, 2008 at 08:08:28 Pacific
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When it closes hit the Win key plus the letter "R" to open the Run box. Type in "explorer.exe" without the quotation marks to restart Windows Explorer.
Then right click on My Computer and select "Manage" and then have a look at the Event Logs to see what is causing the issue (hopefully).
Bryan
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Response Number 5
Name: cartman Date: June 3, 2008 at 09:04:48 Pacific
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The event log only says that explorer closed and gives a link to the microsoft site which says there is no known help for the issue.
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Response Number 6
Name: aegis Date: June 3, 2008 at 11:24:56 Pacific
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http://memtest86.com/ There is a version to create a bootable floppy diskette and/or an ISO for creating a CD. Run it overnight and any failures are unacceptable.
You could also run chkdsk /r from the Recovery Console. This will check the disk for weak/bad sectors.
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Response Number 7
Name: cartman Date: June 3, 2008 at 19:45:11 Pacific
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I gave up and restored an image from a few months ago. My data is stored on a separate drive so nothing was really lost. I just had to reinstall a few apps.
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