Explorer.exe won't start

[Play_The_0dds]

did your computer come with xp, if not who or how did it get installed?what is the brand name and model number? i went and looked at several machines besides the ones i listed earlier, they all have the 2001 mod date on the win.com file.

[tst]

KC and anyone else following my little operating system drama...this should make it a bit easier for you to know what's what with my system. taken from a Belarc Advisor Profile 3/25/04:

tst's computer

Operating System
Windows XP Home Edition 5.1 (Build

2600.xpsp1.020828-1920 : Service Pack 1)

System Model
Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion Notebook HP Pavilion

Notebook DI

Processor
500 megahertz AMD Pentium w/MMX
32 kilobyte primary memory cache

Main Circuit Board
Board: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion Notebook HP

Pavilion Notebook DI Bus Clock: 100 megahertz BIOS:

Insyde Software Corp. Version DI.M1.21 11/11/99

Drives
4.81 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity

TEAC CD-224E [CD-ROM drive] 3.5" format removeable

media [Floppy drive]

HITACHI_DK23AA-51 [Hard drive] (5.12 GB) -- drive 0,

rev 00XKA0H0, SMART Status: Healthy

Memory Modules
184 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot '0' has 128 MB
Slot '1' has 64 MB

Local Drive Volumes
c: (on drive 0) 4.81 GB

Network Drives

Printers
None detected

Users
local user accounts last logon
Administrator 3/21/04
Guest 3/12/04
User 1 3/22/04
User 2 3/22/04
User 3 3/22/04

local system accounts
X HelpAssistant 5/9/2003 1:16:59 PM
X SUPPORT_388945a0 never

X Marks a disabled account; O Marks a locked account

Controllers
Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
VIA Bus Master IDE Controller

Display
Trident Video Accelerator CyberBlade-i7 [Display adapter]
Default Monitor
Default Monitor

Bus Adapters
O2Micro OZ6812 CardBus Controller
VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller

Multimedia
ESS Maestro 3 PCI Audio (WDM)
Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device

Communications
ESS ES56CVM-PI Data Fax Voice Modem
RAS Async Adapter Microsoft AC Adapter

Other Devices
Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
PS/2 Compatible Mouse
USB Root Hub

Virus Protection
No AntiVirus details available

Installed Microsoft Hotfixes
Internet Explorer
Q254518 (details...)
Q822925 (details...)
Q832894 (details...)
SP1 (SP1)
Windows Media Player
WM819639 (details...)
Windows XP
SP2
KB823980 on 8/30/2003 (details...)
KB825119 on 11/21/2003 (details...)
KB828035 on 11/21/2003 (details...)
Q329048 on 6/3/2003 (details...)
Windows XP
SP2 (continued)
Q329115 on 6/3/2003 (details...)
Q329170 on 6/3/2003 (details...)
Q329390 on 4/22/2003 (details...)
Q329441 on 6/3/2003 (details...)
Q329834 on 4/22/2003 (details...)
Q810833 on 4/22/2003 (details...)
Q811630 on 8/30/2003 (details...)
Q814033 on 4/22/2003 (details...)
Q815021 on 6/3/2003 (details...)
Q817287 on 4/22/2003 (details...)
Q817606 on 8/30/2003 (details...)

Software Licenses
Microsoft - EBook
Microsoft - Internet Explorer
Microsoft - MediaPlayer
Microsoft - Money
Microsoft - SystemCertificates
Microsoft - WebFldrs XP
Microsoft - Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft - Works 2000

[sd19surf]

Well I had a similiar problem today and found your posts. I ended up going back and restoring the registry back to a day I knew it worked. At least form there I had functionality of the windows. Now I still run ME but this still may work. Insert a boot disk or somehow make your way to the DOS prompt. Go to c:\windows\command and type scanreg /restore. This will give you options for days to goto in order to restore back to. Go back to a day you knew it worked. You think you had it bad, windows safe mode would do the same thing and I couldn't do anything except for DOS. I hope this helps, If not scold me.

[Gerry2]

Hi All

I had same problem with XP Pro not opening Explorer, could run programs from Taskmanager. I had no Taskbar and no desktop icons.

I restarted in safe mode and then chose to run a restore point from a date when XP still worked. PC rebooted and finished some minutes later.

All ok, user may have lost a few emails cause he ran Outlook from Task manager.

Hope it helps someone else, I was at the point of reloading XP!

Gerry

[butilities]

I have the same problem and here is what i did and i call it symptom solution:

1. rename your explorer.exe to explorer1.exe
2. change the value "Explorer.exe" in regedit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon to "Explorer1.exe"
3. reboot

it will start normally but still i can't find source of this problem...
what all i know, it will terminate all the name *explorer.exe such as Diskexplorer.exe, myexplorer.exe and so on...

[garth]

Hi, just a quick response. I've not read all replies so this may be of no help. I had a similar problem on an Acer computer today. I tried a number of things which involved fixing or replacing Windows files. Nothing worked. However, using the Task Manager and the command (file) appwiz.cpl I removed Google Desktop. Then I restarted Windows (XP SP 2) and voila - the problem was fixed. Thanks to others on this forum for the suggestions. Garth

[bargs]

I wanted to post a follow-up to garth's post.

I too experienced a problem similar to that of others in this thread. I was able to uninstall Google Desktop per his instructions and I was able to get iexplore.exe and explorer.exe working again.

My TCP/IP stack got corrupted in the process; I googled the error message and was able to troubleshoot the removal and reinstall of the stack.

The computer is good as new. Thanks garth for the tip.

Keywords: iexplore.exe explorer.exe won't load start stay open can't run problem troubleshooting

[Teck23]

I'm having the Sam e problem only i think that Kaspersky saw my explorer as a virus and i think it deleted it because i was having trouble with my explorer and it freezing on startup or just no starting, and i really don't want to Reboot my system because a friend of mine hooked me up with some nice stuff that im not sure how to get back Longhorn mainly, but any help would be appreciated

[wtecosky]

Hi, Thanks Garth, your method worked for me. I just uninstalled Google Desktop, then rebooted, and the Desktop and all the Icons and Task Bar appeared, whew!
I tried everything else I have read here and on other Forums, nothing else worked.

[mfahad6]

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[Socks1942]

Hey guys I was half way through reading this thread and halfway through testing a pc with the same problem.
Now I pulled mountins upon mountins of spyware, viruses and trojans of this pc, once i got it cleaned up I began fiddling with the explorer.exe problem and I've found a fix for it.
I've downloaded a ISO of Service Pack 3 from the microsoft website. I burnt it to a cd then I booted the buggered pc, ran the explorer.exe through the task manager. I've then installed SP3, stuck in my windows SP2 cd, rebooted the pc, booted off the disk, opened the repair console with R on the first blue screen and then chkdsk /r (Check Disk with repair). Restarted the machine and its booting up fine.
Windows itself seems to be stable, its been running fine for over an hour now and I've been going through applications and folders seeing if I can get it to error or crash. I've gotten neither. I hope this helps some of you's guys. You could probably even get it to work by installing the SP2.