CTRL ALT DELETE Bug I Think?

Closed
abs0 Posts 6 Registration date Sunday February 28, 2010 Status Member Last seen April 10, 2010 - Feb 28, 2010 at 06:34 AM
 abs0 - Feb 28, 2010 at 03:51 PM
Hello,

Hi after a fresh install of vista I keep have to pressing the following CTRL / ALT / DELETE , Then press Task Manager , then FILE , then TASK MANAGER , then type in "explorer.exe.

If i don't do this the Black screen just stays and nothing happens? This is the only way the desktop then reappears .any help in this please Thanks Abs

2 responses

xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,827
Feb 28, 2010 at 12:01 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.
0
hi thanks for this i shall give it a try
0