Explorer.exe

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Ocsanti - Feb 18, 2010 at 05:12 PM
 Ocsanti - Feb 18, 2010 at 07:08 PM
Hello,
Okay in my laptop explorer.exe doesnt want to work it tells me theirs been a problem n that it will close program and will notify me if a solution.. Well my screen is black and blank no desktop and i looked up how to fix it and it says i have to run a new task and type in explorer.exe and i did and i got my desktop back but when i turn it off to see if that work it was blank again and now explorer.exe doesnt want to work?? WHAR DO I DO?!?!?

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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,824
Feb 18, 2010 at 06:39 PM
A program called explorer.exe controls the display of your taskbar and desktop icons. If for some reason it goes missing (you may have killed it using Task Manager, for example, or something more sinister like a virus has deleted it from your processes), then try this first:

1. Open Task Manager (press Ctrl+Alt+Del, then click Task Manager).
2. On the Applications tab, click New Task at the bottom right of the window.
3. Type explorer.exe, then click OK.

If nothing sinister caused it to disappear, it should all come back as it was and you can stop panicking, breathe a sigh of relief, and continue working.

If that doesn’t work, then try this:

1. Open Task Manager (press Ctrl+Alt+Del, then click Task Manager).
2. Go to the Processes tab.
3. Click on the Image Name column header to sort the list alphabetically.
4. Find all explorer.exe processes — select each, then click End Process for each one.
5. On the Applications tab, click New Task at the bottom right of the window.
6. Type explorer.exe, then click OK.

then run anti-virus to clean you PC.
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Ok i did that run a new task and put explorer.exe and thats when it said "windows explore has stopd working"
then its says a problem caused the program to stop working correctly windows will clos program and notify a solurion.. So explorer doesnt want to work and in processes i cant end process because explorer is not their. So what can i do?????
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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,824
Feb 18, 2010 at 07:02 PM
Re-install Windows is the only option you have at this point.
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How do i reinstall windows??
Butt at first explorer.exe did work and then i got my desktop back and now it doesnt want to work?
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