jayson Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Ok, here is the problem, I have a computer from a friend, when it boots up, all that shows up is the desktop image, no start button, no icons, I have found out that the explorer.exe is not loading/running.... so now I ask you, why, and how do I get it to startup... doing a run, all that does is load the name for about 2 sec. then it disappears from the task manager... I am going to do a google, but was wondering if anyone had this problem happen to them... Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just_Rob Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Whats the OS version? Can you get to it via safe mode? If XP, have you tried the restore feature to just before this started happening if you can get in via safe mode? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayson Posted November 15, 2006 Author Share Posted November 15, 2006 windows xp no does no good, I went back as far as 4 months, still no good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmanmcp Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Hi Jayson, yes I have fixed a PC or two that someone gave to me to fix that had this exact problem. Explorer.exe is the program that runs that sets up your desktop and without it you have a difficult time running your computer The problem is with your registry and it being corrupted and to fix it you either replace it or edit out the bad data. In one computer there was a virus that wrote itself into the front of the registry and it needed to be edited out. In the other one I needed to replace the registry because of a bad spot on the disk. Its been awhile now but let me browse around the web and see if I can find the instruction for fixing this type of problem again. I found it using google back then so I should be able to find it again. I am at work so give me a little time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmanmcp Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 see if one of these helps h_tp://forums.winforums.org/showthread.php?t=2801 h_tp://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318027 h_tp://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm h_tp://www.kgiii.info/windows/all/general/malwarefix.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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