Re: UNABLE to run EXPLORER.EXE

Kelly . . .

---- THANKS for your answer to my post! I have found your scripts valuable
now and then for strange problems. No luck this time though.

----- Your idea on the video drivers was the same place my thinking is
heading. I thought starting in SAFE or VGA mode would rule out video driver
problems?? I didn't want to do VIDEO DRIVER until I ruled out all my "simple"
.. . . (Simple?? - <Grin>) options. My experiance with video drivers . . .
unless I use the tool to do a complete removal of all traces of the drivers,
reboot and reinstall, I still have the same or worse problems.
I have a NVIDIA GFORCE card in now. I found no matter if it is a
NVIDIA or ATI card, unless I use great care to remove all traces of
old/existing drivers before adding a new one, and also use great care in
finding the right version that makes my system happy . . . I just create new
problems or don't solve my existing one.
I guess I'll try the rollback first, and have a new driver file ready if i
cause worse problems.

THANKS!! I'll post my results.

thinking . . . .
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"Kelly" wrote:

Hi,

Try doing a rollback for your display drivers via the Device Manager.

--

All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

------ I tried the TASKBAR repair tool on your site, with the thinking it
might give me a cluie if not fix the problem. No change though.

"Thining about it" <Thining about it@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:CA1F7E1C-93BE-4E13-B537-DF27C659E2E3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello . . .

I'm using XP SR2 Home

EXPLORER.EXE failed to start when I logged back on to my system. It was
working when I logged off.

- I can only run programs from TASK MANAGER
- When I try running EXPLORER.EXE, it flashes the taskbar and then
stops
again
- I Have NO taskbar, desktop or Start Menu
- Starting in SAFE mode makes no change
- I have NO error showing in the event log . . . EVEN when I try to
start EXPLORER in Task Manager
- I keep regular BU's of my registry with ERUNT. I tried rolling back
days and then weeks . . . With No Change!
- I use Keypass firewall & AVG Anti Virus
- I tried turning them off
- I scanned the system for spyware etc. . . . Clean
- I tried starting in VGA mode
- I tried doing a repair SETUP of XP and got a BSOD W/O any program or
driver listed in the error
- After several days of trouble-shooting & running programs from Task
Manager, The ONLY error I have had other then the BSOD when doing the
Setup .
. . I was trying to rename a folder and got a VERCLSID.EXE error message.
I
only got it once and downloaded the Update that I found when searching for
that error.

I'm out of ideas. What is the sequence of events that must be OK
before
EXPLORER runs? Something deep seems to be canceling it's starting.

I could REALLY use some thoughts on this problem. THANK YOU!!



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