Re: Windows Explorer is CRASHING!!! (new info)

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I'm glad you're up and running, thanks for letting me know what happened!

Nick

"SAM" wrote:

> On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 17:13:03 -0700, "Nick Staff" <nick.staff@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >SAM-
>
> Hi Nick,
>
>
> >Two things I would suggest - one is a possible fix and the other a workaround.
> >
> >For the fix, try going to the command line and typing sfc /scannow. This
> >will check your System files for incorrect versions, etc and replace any that
> >are wrong (You will most likely be asked to insert your installation CD
> >during this). Reboot and see if that helps (the reboot may not be neccesary
> >but I'm not sure).
>
> I did this - it didn't do any good.
>
>
> >The workaround is to open my computer and fo to tools > folder Options.
> >Click the View tab and scroll down until you see launch folder windows in a
> >seperate process. Now if it's checked you might want to try unchecking it
> >because your system might be getting an error when it loads multiple
> >explorer.exe processes (granted that means something somewhere is not working
> >right). If it's unchecked try checking it as this might fix your problem by
> >isolating multiple explorer windows to their own process.
>
> OK - I did this - then it crashed after 8 processes.
>
> I tried again, and it crashed after 3 processes.
>
> I shut down the system, then rebooted.
>
> I then put up over 50 Windows Explorer processes before it stopped
> - probably due to reaching some sort of a limit on active processes
> - BUT it didn't crash.
>
> Maybe this is the solution - so far so good.
>
> I'll play with it some more. If it crashes again, I'll be back.
>
>
> THANKS NICK!!!
>
>
> - Sam
>
.

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