Re: Windows Explorer Crashes on XP

The error you list suugests you were watching a video at the time the
error occurred. What are you using to watch Videos?

How much RAM memory?

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

You should be able to gather more information from Task Manager. With
the Processes tab open select View, Select, Columns and check the boxes
before Peak Memory Usage and Virtual Memory size. What are the figures
for the 4 processes using the largest amounts?

Do you leave your computer on 24/7?


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Hope this helps.

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Amro wrote:
I seem to be having the same issue. Windows Explorer intermittently
crashes for no reason.

I can't make it happen reliably, but when it has happened, it did not
happen when the laptop was in standby or hibernate previously. It
was not docked. I have managed to make it happen when windows XP just
came up.

My laptop is a Lenovo T61p (Vista Certified, so hopefully XP
compliant as well).

I am using Windows XP Service Pack 2, the computer is virus free. It
can happen with simply running windows media player and drag and
drop. No other applications are running.

Here is an example of the crash output:
Windows Explorer
AppName: explorer.exe AppVer:6.0.2900.2180 ModName:mplvw7.dll
ModVer:1.0.0.3 Offset: 0001c154

I tried the patch mentioned earlier, but that did not fix it.

Thank you....Amro

"Malke" wrote:

LindseyE wrote:
Does anyone know of a solution to the very frequent occurrences of
Windows Explorer hanging and shutting down for no apparent cause?
Sometimes I'm moving files and other times the folder is simply
open in the background and it hangs up and dies.

I never had this problem on Win 2K. I'm not happy with XP and I
have doubts about Vista unless something is done.

This is not normal behavior for XP and there is something wrong with
your computer. Unfortunately, we don't have any information from you
so we can give you focused help. This link will show you what
details to include in your next post:

http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

In the meantime, things to check:

1. If this was an upgrade (or clean install) onto a machine designed
for Win2k, does it meet XP's hardware system requirements?

2. How old is the computer? Give details about its hardware (see #1
above). Perhaps test the RAM and the hard drive.
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Hardware_Tshoot

3. If an upgrade, did you run the XP Upgrade Advisor first in case
some of the installed software is incompatible with XP?

4. Did you install the correct drivers for all your hardware for the
XP operating system?

5. Is the computer completely virus/malware-free?
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

6. What processes/programs are running in the background?

Clean boot in Windows XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353
Clean-boot advanced troubleshooting in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316434
How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

That should give you some places to start. Post back with answers for
more focused help.


Malke
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