Re: explorer.exe - application error
From: Mark Edwards (thebestyearsofourlivesNOSPAM_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/14/04
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Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 23:34:29 -0400
Just an additional note for folks experiencing the same or similar problems.
Poking around my HDD using MS Explorer I noticed that whenever I tried to
access a file or directory possessing an exceedingly long name I could get
explorer.exe to crash every time. I shortened or deleted these items, many
of which were web pages saved via IE. Pages saved in html format sometimes
have ridiculously long default file/dir names. If you rename these items
later you lose the link between the page and associated images, etc. I now
opt to save pages in mht archive format (using a short file name) which
allows me to rename this single file later if needed. Since I have adopted
these practices I have had far fewer errors.
Regards, Mark
"Mark Edwards" <thebestyearsofourlivesNOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:...
> Rick,
> I kept getting a similar msg. "Explorer.exe Has Generated Errors and Will
Be
> Closed by Windows". Then I got your msg. "instruction at "address"
> referenced memory "
> Running win2k (sp4) Installing service pack 4 is supposed to cure this
> problem for some. I ran spybot, Ad-aware to rule out spyware. I could boot
> to the admin acct. but any other user acct. would start explorer.exe to
> cycle almost w/o end. Opening the task mgr seemed to calm the system down
> and I could work on a solution. I saw somewhere where a missing registry
> entry that couldn't be referenced could be the cause of some of these
> errors. But before I restored the backed up reg entries via Spybot I also
> remembered reading somewhere that an added on shell command may be
> interfering with explore.exe. I rooted around and got rid of most of the
> options that some progs give you to install a right click menu command.
But
> what has seemed to have done the trick for me; at least for the past 4.5
> hrs., is to get rid of the particular rt. click menu option that Winamp
> v2.91 offers. Under Winamp preferences > file types I cleared the box
> "Directory Context menus. I also referred to MS articles 319124, 255758,
> 256194, and 326572.
> Regards, Mark
>
> "rick" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:494601c3ff9d$d97b9850$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> > i have had an error message saying:
> >
> > 'Explorer.exe - application error
> >
> > the instruction at "address" referenced memory
> > at "address". the memory could not be "read". click ok to
> > terminate program.
> >
> > once you click ok, it deletes desktop and you get into
> > visceous circle! anyone got any ideas?
>
>
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