Guest Art - GTS Technologies Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 Explorer is occasionally crashing and restarting itself. No error msg displayed. On restart, it displays an Explorer browser window, but the Desktop and Taskbar do not reappear. Ctrl-Alt-Del to Task Manager works fine. If this is a known problem, please point me to the relevant URLs. Thanks. Event Log: "The shell stopped unexpectedly and Explorer.exe was restarted." Win XP Pro, with SP3 installed on top of SP2 Core 2 Duo 1.86 GHz, 3.5 GB RAM
Guest Thee Chicago Wolf Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 Re: Windows Explorer crashing and restarting >Explorer is occasionally crashing and restarting itself. No error msg >displayed. On restart, it displays an Explorer browser window, but the >Desktop and Taskbar do not reappear. Ctrl-Alt-Del to Task Manager works >fine. If this is a known problem, please point me to the relevant URLs. >Thanks. > >Event Log: "The shell stopped unexpectedly and Explorer.exe was restarted." > >Win XP Pro, with SP3 installed on top of SP2 >Core 2 Duo 1.86 GHz, 3.5 GB RAM You may want to try and get the update from this KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955109 At the top of the page, click on "View and request hotfix downloads", follow the instructions. Let me know how it goes. - Thee Chicago Wolf
Guest The Real Truth MVP Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 Re: Windows Explorer crashing and restarting Try my Explorer Shell Fix tool. Download it here http://pcbutts1.com/downloads/tools/tools.htm -- Ignore any posts made by the Stalker Leythos, he's still in love with me. He started stalking me after I spurned his advances towards me. He said he would stop Stalking me If I stopped mentioning his name. As you can see that does not work. He is a sick obsessive STALKER. "Art - GTS Technologies" <ArtGTSTechnologies@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9D7CDBEF-4F13-45EA-8AA5-252895ACFFBC@microsoft.com... > Explorer is occasionally crashing and restarting itself. No error msg > displayed. On restart, it displays an Explorer browser window, but the > Desktop and Taskbar do not reappear. Ctrl-Alt-Del to Task Manager works > fine. If this is a known problem, please point me to the relevant URLs. > Thanks. > > Event Log: "The shell stopped unexpectedly and Explorer.exe was > restarted." > > Win XP Pro, with SP3 installed on top of SP2 > Core 2 Duo 1.86 GHz, 3.5 GB RAM >
Guest Larry(LJL269) Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 Re: Windows Explorer crashing and restarting Various malware likes to do that but usually tries to freeze u out. Anything in TM look funny? How about in Reg startup locations? Hope that helps. Larry On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:59:01 -0700, Art - GTS Technologies <ArtGTSTechnologies@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >Explorer is occasionally crashing and restarting itself. No error msg >displayed. On restart, it displays an Explorer browser window, but the >Desktop and Taskbar do not reappear. Ctrl-Alt-Del to Task Manager works >fine. If this is a known problem, please point me to the relevant URLs. >Thanks. > >Event Log: "The shell stopped unexpectedly and Explorer.exe was restarted." > >Win XP Pro, with SP3 installed on top of SP2 >Core 2 Duo 1.86 GHz, 3.5 GB RAM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A working unsecure OS is infinitely better than non-working secure OS. Just spent 1 week cleaning up the mess WUpdate made preventing hypothetical security problems. http://microscum.com/comsense/
Guest nass Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 RE: Windows Explorer crashing and restarting "Art - GTS Technologies" wrote: > Explorer is occasionally crashing and restarting itself. No error msg > displayed. On restart, it displays an Explorer browser window, but the > Desktop and Taskbar do not reappear. Ctrl-Alt-Del to Task Manager works > fine. If this is a known problem, please point me to the relevant URLs. > Thanks. > > Event Log: "The shell stopped unexpectedly and Explorer.exe was restarted." > > Win XP Pro, with SP3 installed on top of SP2 > Core 2 Duo 1.86 GHz, 3.5 GB RAM Did you checked the Even Viewer Log for cluses? Make sure you scan thoroughly this machine with an up2date anti-virus and anti-malware software. Run this command: sfc /scannow The shell stopped unexpectedly and Explorer.exe was restarted. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891608 Windows Explorer may exit unexpectedly when you use it to view TIFF files in the Details view in Windows Server 2003 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/898051/ HTH, nass ---- http://www.nasstec.co.uk
Guest Thee Chicago Wolf Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 Re: Windows Explorer crashing and restarting >> Explorer is occasionally crashing and restarting itself. No error msg >> displayed. On restart, it displays an Explorer browser window, but the >> Desktop and Taskbar do not reappear. Ctrl-Alt-Del to Task Manager works >> fine. If this is a known problem, please point me to the relevant URLs. >> Thanks. >> >> Event Log: "The shell stopped unexpectedly and Explorer.exe was restarted." >> >> Win XP Pro, with SP3 installed on top of SP2 >> Core 2 Duo 1.86 GHz, 3.5 GB RAM > >Did you checked the Even Viewer Log for cluses? >Make sure you scan thoroughly this machine with an up2date anti-virus and >anti-malware software. > >Run this command: >sfc /scannow > >The shell stopped unexpectedly and Explorer.exe was restarted. >http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891608 > >Windows Explorer may exit unexpectedly when you use it to view TIFF files in >the Details view in Windows Server 2003 >http://support.microsoft.com/kb/898051/ >HTH, >nass >---- >http://www.nasstec.co.uk This person has SP3 installed, those KB's wouldn't apply. - Thee Chicago Wolf
Guest nass Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 Re: Windows Explorer crashing and restarting "Thee Chicago Wolf" wrote: > >> Explorer is occasionally crashing and restarting itself. No error msg > >> displayed. On restart, it displays an Explorer browser window, but the > >> Desktop and Taskbar do not reappear. Ctrl-Alt-Del to Task Manager works > >> fine. If this is a known problem, please point me to the relevant URLs. > >> Thanks. > >> > >> Event Log: "The shell stopped unexpectedly and Explorer.exe was restarted." > >> > >> Win XP Pro, with SP3 installed on top of SP2 > >> Core 2 Duo 1.86 GHz, 3.5 GB RAM > > > >Did you checked the Even Viewer Log for cluses? > >Make sure you scan thoroughly this machine with an up2date anti-virus and > >anti-malware software. > > > >Run this command: > >sfc /scannow > > > >The shell stopped unexpectedly and Explorer.exe was restarted. > >http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891608 > > > >Windows Explorer may exit unexpectedly when you use it to view TIFF files in > >the Details view in Windows Server 2003 > >http://support.microsoft.com/kb/898051/ > >HTH, > >nass > >---- > >http://www.nasstec.co.uk > > This person has SP3 installed, those KB's wouldn't apply. > > - Thee Chicago Wolf Yep, I know the Op has SP3 and the above link for NT and Server2003 no even for XP but I was given the Info for the Op to read for a similar scenario and the Registry Keys can be the same no difference from XP/ SP3. HTH, nass --- http://www.nasstec.co.uk
Guest PaulM Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 Re: Windows Explorer crashing and restarting Go here and download FixShell: http://www.paulsxp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=133 This script will fix the Explorer Shell. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.paulsxp.com http://www.paulsxp.com/forum http://www.supportspace.com/home/home.s2?aiu=paulm --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Art - GTS Technologies" <ArtGTSTechnologies@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9D7CDBEF-4F13-45EA-8AA5-252895ACFFBC@microsoft.com... > Explorer is occasionally crashing and restarting itself. No error msg > displayed. On restart, it displays an Explorer browser window, but the > Desktop and Taskbar do not reappear. Ctrl-Alt-Del to Task Manager works > fine. If this is a known problem, please point me to the relevant URLs. > Thanks. > > Event Log: "The shell stopped unexpectedly and Explorer.exe was > restarted." > > Win XP Pro, with SP3 installed on top of SP2 > Core 2 Duo 1.86 GHz, 3.5 GB RAM >
Recommended Posts