Author Topic: Uh oh. Explorer is broken. (Read 1435 times)

JimJam · July 07, 2009, 11:23:35 PM

Well, explorer stops responding. I restart. Explorer dosen't start itself. running "Explorer.exe" just brings up an explorer window. So, now I have no icons and taskbar. Any help?

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MackTheHunter · July 07, 2009, 11:30:32 PM

It's not as bad as your display driver "Failing and successfully recovering" after playing Blockland or GTASA, causing your entire desktop to be blank. Not even a background.

Restart the computer.

JimJam · July 07, 2009, 11:31:25 PM

Quote from: MackTheHunter on July 07, 2009, 11:30:32 PM

It's not as bad as your display driver "Failing and successfully recovering" after playing Blockland or GTASA, causing your entire desktop to be blank. Not even a background.

Restart the computer.

I have about five times.

yuki · July 07, 2009, 11:32:40 PM

Are you sure explorer.exe is not on by default.

JimJam · July 07, 2009, 11:35:52 PM

How would I check that?

AGlass0fMilk · July 07, 2009, 11:43:47 PM

System Restore?

JimJam · July 07, 2009, 11:45:15 PM

Quote from: AGlass0fMilk on July 07, 2009, 11:43:47 PM

System Restore?

What do I need to type in "Run" in order to get that running?

AGlass0fMilk · July 07, 2009, 11:49:41 PM

Wait what? The start menu is gone?

yuki · July 08, 2009, 12:10:22 AM

Quote from: JimJam on July 07, 2009, 11:35:52 PM

How would I check that?

Ctrl Shift Escape, processes tab.

JimJam · July 08, 2009, 12:19:43 AM

Quote from: yuki on July 08, 2009, 12:10:22 AM

Ctrl Shift Escape, processes tab.

Well, I already said that when explorer is open, it just opens an explorer window. Also, wtf, ctrl alt tab.

yuki · July 08, 2009, 12:34:38 AM

Quote from: JimJam on July 08, 2009, 12:19:43 AM

Well, I already said that when explorer is open, it just opens an explorer window. Also, wtf, ctrl alt tab.

Ctrl Shift Escape opens the task manager, wtf does ctrl alt tab do.

JimJam · July 08, 2009, 12:41:32 AM

Quote from: yuki on July 08, 2009, 12:34:38 AM

Ctrl Shift Escape opens the task manager, wtf does ctrl alt tab do.

I meant to say ctrl shift escape.
But who the forget uses that?

Miga · July 08, 2009, 12:52:52 AM

If you have a Windows XP (Media Center Edition 2005, from what it looks like) disk, copy explorer.exe over from that to C:/Windows, then either run it from there or use ctrl+alt+delete to start it.

Oh, and did you end explorer.exe's process, then try running it again?

JimJam · July 08, 2009, 12:59:12 AM

Quote from: Miga on July 08, 2009, 12:52:52 AM

If you have a Windows XP (Media Center Edition 2005, from what it looks like) disk, copy explorer.exe over from that to C:/Windows, then either run it from there or use ctrl+alt+delete to start it.

Oh, and did you end explorer.exe's process, then try running it again?

Dont have the install disk.
I've tried that, yes.
Also, I have weird icon names.

Block Builder · July 08, 2009, 03:11:07 AM

My video card uses custom drivers made by Toshiba and Toshiba's too lazy to put the latest version on their loving site so I can't play Gmod.

I guess your problem is worse, but I miss Gmod D: