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windows explorer has stopped working....window explorer restarting

  1. #1


    hunting_bears Guest

    windows explorer has stopped working....window explorer restarting

    I am getting this message: windows explorer has stopped working....window
    explorer restarting constantly. It seems to happen most when I do something
    in Control Panel, maybe like uninstalling a program or checking on my
    security settings, basically anything. I don't know if a program is causing
    a program. I recenently installed Roxio Media Creator 10 but then
    uninstalled it because it used up a large amount of memory and I didn't like
    that.

    Here are the specs of my computer (built by myself):

    OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Business
    Version 6.0.6000 Build 6000
    Other OS Description Not Available
    OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
    System Name
    System Manufacturer INTEL_
    System Model DG965RY_
    System Type X86-based PC
    Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz, 2996 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical
    Processor(s)
    BIOS Version/Date Intel Corp. MQ96510J.86A.1577.2006.1115.2351, 11/15/2006
    SMBIOS Version 2.4
    Windows Directory C:\Windows
    System Directory C:\Windows\system32
    Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
    Locale United States
    Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6000.16386"
    User Name
    Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
    Total Physical Memory 1,005.17 MB
    Available Physical Memory 342.62 MB
    Total Virtual Memory 2.21 GB
    Available Virtual Memory 1.25 GB
    Page File Space 1.27 GB
    Page File C:\pagefile.sys




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  2. #2


    emad senejani Guest

    RE: windows explorer has stopped working....window explorer restarting



    "hunting_bears" wrote:

    > I am getting this message: windows explorer has stopped working....window
    > explorer restarting constantly. It seems to happen most when I do something
    > in Control Panel, maybe like uninstalling a program or checking on my
    > security settings, basically anything. I don't know if a program is causing
    > a program. I recenently installed Roxio Media Creator 10 but then
    > uninstalled it because it used up a large amount of memory and I didn't like
    > that.
    oh by the way i was told to go here to fix the problem....but for me it
    didn't work.
    it might work for you!
    link:
    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

    >
    > Here are the specs of my computer (built by myself):
    >
    > OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Business
    > Version 6.0.6000 Build 6000
    > Other OS Description Not Available
    > OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
    > System Name
    > System Manufacturer INTEL_
    > System Model DG965RY_
    > System Type X86-based PC
    > Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz, 2996 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical
    > Processor(s)
    > BIOS Version/Date Intel Corp. MQ96510J.86A.1577.2006.1115.2351, 11/15/2006
    > SMBIOS Version 2.4
    > Windows Directory C:\Windows
    > System Directory C:\Windows\system32
    > Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
    > Locale United States
    > Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6000.16386"
    > User Name
    > Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
    > Total Physical Memory 1,005.17 MB
    > Available Physical Memory 342.62 MB
    > Total Virtual Memory 2.21 GB
    > Available Virtual Memory 1.25 GB
    > Page File Space 1.27 GB
    > Page File C:\pagefile.sys
    >

      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  3. #3


    emad senejani Guest

    RE: windows explorer has stopped working....window explorer restarting



    "hunting_bears" wrote:

    > I am getting this message: windows explorer has stopped working....window
    > explorer restarting constantly. It seems to happen most when I do something
    > in Control Panel, maybe like uninstalling a program or checking on my
    > security settings, basically anything. I don't know if a program is causing
    > a program. I recenently installed Roxio Media Creator 10 but then
    > uninstalled it because it used up a large amount of memory and I didn't like
    > that.
    >
    Dude i have the exact problem, you can't even right click to open a file
    anymore

    > Here are the specs of my computer (built by myself):
    >
    > OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Business
    > Version 6.0.6000 Build 6000
    > Other OS Description Not Available
    > OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
    > System Name
    > System Manufacturer INTEL_
    > System Model DG965RY_
    > System Type X86-based PC
    > Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz, 2996 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical
    > Processor(s)
    > BIOS Version/Date Intel Corp. MQ96510J.86A.1577.2006.1115.2351, 11/15/2006
    > SMBIOS Version 2.4
    > Windows Directory C:\Windows
    > System Directory C:\Windows\system32
    > Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
    > Locale United States
    > Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6000.16386"
    > User Name
    > Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
    > Total Physical Memory 1,005.17 MB
    > Available Physical Memory 342.62 MB
    > Total Virtual Memory 2.21 GB
    > Available Virtual Memory 1.25 GB
    > Page File Space 1.27 GB
    > Page File C:\pagefile.sys
    >

      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  4. #4


    marty Guest

    RE: windows explorer has stopped working....window explorer restar

    hi ,there is no cure you will have to try a system restore from boot (usualy
    with limited success)or do a full re-install . the problem is caused by
    incompatible software being installed ,there are numerous "fixes"but i have
    not heard of one that works all of the time for all of the people so you
    could end up searching for fixes tryng them and still not getting anywere
    --
    martyb


    "emad senejani" wrote:

    >
    >
    > "hunting_bears" wrote:
    >

    > > I am getting this message: windows explorer has stopped working....window
    > > explorer restarting constantly. It seems to happen most when I do something
    > > in Control Panel, maybe like uninstalling a program or checking on my
    > > security settings, basically anything. I don't know if a program is causing
    > > a program. I recenently installed Roxio Media Creator 10 but then
    > > uninstalled it because it used up a large amount of memory and I didn't like
    > > that.
    >
    > oh by the way i was told to go here to fix the problem....but for me it
    > didn't work.
    > it might work for you!
    > link:
    > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

    > >
    > > Here are the specs of my computer (built by myself):
    > >
    > > OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Business
    > > Version 6.0.6000 Build 6000
    > > Other OS Description Not Available
    > > OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
    > > System Name
    > > System Manufacturer INTEL_
    > > System Model DG965RY_
    > > System Type X86-based PC
    > > Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz, 2996 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical
    > > Processor(s)
    > > BIOS Version/Date Intel Corp. MQ96510J.86A.1577.2006.1115.2351, 11/15/2006
    > > SMBIOS Version 2.4
    > > Windows Directory C:\Windows
    > > System Directory C:\Windows\system32
    > > Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
    > > Locale United States
    > > Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6000.16386"
    > > User Name
    > > Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
    > > Total Physical Memory 1,005.17 MB
    > > Available Physical Memory 342.62 MB
    > > Total Virtual Memory 2.21 GB
    > > Available Virtual Memory 1.25 GB
    > > Page File Space 1.27 GB
    > > Page File C:\pagefile.sys
    > >

      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  5. #5


    Cal Bear '66 Guest

    Re: windows explorer has stopped working....window explorer restar

    Another option is to use Control Panel (Classic view) > "Problem Reports and
    Solutions" to obtain clues as to what is causing the problem when you right
    click on the problem and View Details.


    I Bleed Blue and Gold
    GO BEARS!


    "marty" <marty@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:A1F14071-A7CE-42A5-8483-7BF8475247F4@xxxxxx

    > hi ,there is no cure you will have to try a system restore from boot (usualy
    > with limited success)or do a full re-install . the problem is caused by
    > incompatible software being installed ,there are numerous "fixes"but i have
    > not heard of one that works all of the time for all of the people so you
    > could end up searching for fixes tryng them and still not getting anywere
    > --
    > martyb
    >
    >
    > "emad senejani" wrote:
    >

    >>
    >>
    >> "hunting_bears" wrote:
    >>

    >> > I am getting this message: windows explorer has stopped working....window
    >> > explorer restarting constantly. It seems to happen most when I do
    >> > something
    >> > in Control Panel, maybe like uninstalling a program or checking on my
    >> > security settings, basically anything. I don't know if a program is
    >> > causing
    >> > a program. I recenently installed Roxio Media Creator 10 but then
    >> > uninstalled it because it used up a large amount of memory and I didn't
    >> > like
    >> > that.
    >>
    >> oh by the way i was told to go here to fix the problem....but for me it
    >> didn't work.
    >> it might work for you!
    >> link:
    >> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

    >> >
    >> > Here are the specs of my computer (built by myself):
    >> >
    >> > OS Name Microsoft® Windows VistaT Business
    >> > Version 6.0.6000 Build 6000
    >> > Other OS Description Not Available
    >> > OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
    >> > System Name
    >> > System Manufacturer INTEL_
    >> > System Model DG965RY_
    >> > System Type X86-based PC
    >> > Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz, 2996 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical
    >> > Processor(s)
    >> > BIOS Version/Date Intel Corp. MQ96510J.86A.1577.2006.1115.2351, 11/15/2006
    >> > SMBIOS Version 2.4
    >> > Windows Directory C:\Windows
    >> > System Directory C:\Windows\system32
    >> > Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
    >> > Locale United States
    >> > Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6000.16386"
    >> > User Name
    >> > Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
    >> > Total Physical Memory 1,005.17 MB
    >> > Available Physical Memory 342.62 MB
    >> > Total Virtual Memory 2.21 GB
    >> > Available Virtual Memory 1.25 GB
    >> > Page File Space 1.27 GB
    >> > Page File C:\pagefile.sys
    >> >


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  6. #6


    marty Guest

    Re: windows explorer has stopped working....window explorer restar

    your'e forgetting that when this happens you can't open anything when it
    happened to me i had to disable all security and restore from boot because i
    couldn't open anything so looking in event manager is pointless
    --
    martyb


    "Cal Bear '66" wrote:

    > Another option is to use Control Panel (Classic view) > "Problem Reports and
    > Solutions" to obtain clues as to what is causing the problem when you right
    > click on the problem and View Details.
    >
    >
    > I Bleed Blue and Gold
    > GO BEARS!
    >
    >
    > "marty" <marty@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    > news:A1F14071-A7CE-42A5-8483-7BF8475247F4@xxxxxx

    > > hi ,there is no cure you will have to try a system restore from boot (usualy
    > > with limited success)or do a full re-install . the problem is caused by
    > > incompatible software being installed ,there are numerous "fixes"but i have
    > > not heard of one that works all of the time for all of the people so you
    > > could end up searching for fixes tryng them and still not getting anywere
    > > --
    > > martyb
    > >
    > >
    > > "emad senejani" wrote:
    > >

    > >>
    > >>
    > >> "hunting_bears" wrote:
    > >>
    > >> > I am getting this message: windows explorer has stopped working....window
    > >> > explorer restarting constantly. It seems to happen most when I do
    > >> > something
    > >> > in Control Panel, maybe like uninstalling a program or checking on my
    > >> > security settings, basically anything. I don't know if a program is
    > >> > causing
    > >> > a program. I recenently installed Roxio Media Creator 10 but then
    > >> > uninstalled it because it used up a large amount of memory and I didn't
    > >> > like
    > >> > that.
    > >>
    > >> oh by the way i was told to go here to fix the problem....but for me it
    > >> didn't work.
    > >> it might work for you!
    > >> link:
    > >> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
    > >> >
    > >> > Here are the specs of my computer (built by myself):
    > >> >
    > >> > OS Name Microsoft Windows VistaT Business
    > >> > Version 6.0.6000 Build 6000
    > >> > Other OS Description Not Available
    > >> > OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
    > >> > System Name
    > >> > System Manufacturer INTEL_
    > >> > System Model DG965RY_
    > >> > System Type X86-based PC
    > >> > Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz, 2996 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical
    > >> > Processor(s)
    > >> > BIOS Version/Date Intel Corp. MQ96510J.86A.1577.2006.1115.2351, 11/15/2006
    > >> > SMBIOS Version 2.4
    > >> > Windows Directory C:\Windows
    > >> > System Directory C:\Windows\system32
    > >> > Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
    > >> > Locale United States
    > >> > Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6000.16386"
    > >> > User Name
    > >> > Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
    > >> > Total Physical Memory 1,005.17 MB
    > >> > Available Physical Memory 342.62 MB
    > >> > Total Virtual Memory 2.21 GB
    > >> > Available Virtual Memory 1.25 GB
    > >> > Page File Space 1.27 GB
    > >> > Page File C:\pagefile.sys
    > >> >
    >
    >

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  7. #7


    Innkeeper Guest

    Re: windows explorer has stopped working....window explorer restarting


    I am having the same problem and have tried several fixes which have not
    fixed it. Its not a fix but an alternative I use Free Commander which is
    a free program like Windows Explorer but has more features.

    Innkeeper


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  8. #8


    zachd [MSFT] Guest

    Re: windows explorer has stopped working....window explorer restarting


    What is the specific fault information for *your* crash according to the
    Problem Reports and Solutions Center control panel?
    http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#bucket
    has how to look that up if you don't know how.

    Each crash is potentially different, so there's really no magic bullet here
    given how much each person's computer can be individualized.

    --
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    See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
    This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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    "Innkeeper" <Innkeeper.3f6pvd@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:Innkeeper.3f6pvd@xxxxxx

    >
    > I am having the same problem and have tried several fixes which have not
    > fixed it. Its not a fix but an alternative I use Free Commander which is
    > a free program like Windows Explorer but has more features.
    >
    > Innkeeper
    >
    >
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  9. #9


    Vinata Guest

    Re: windows explorer has stopped working....window explorer restarting


    I had the same problem. I almost stopped working and finding solution
    for the same. But finally i solved this problem. This 'thread'
    (http://forums.techarena.in/operating...ms/1128204.htm) helped me to
    fix it.


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