BigPapaDean Posted February 14, 2011 Member ID: 1128 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1200 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6529 Content Per Day: 1.25 Reputation: 4411 Achievement Points: 63453 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Friday at 06:24 AM Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Share Posted February 14, 2011 About a month after I had Windows 7 64 Pro installed i begin getting this message every time in try tom do anything that takes a little power, "windows explorer stopped working". I googled it and on the websites said there is no fix for it at this time but its been doing this since forever. I love this OS other than that. Please help its driving me nuts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
wildbill72 Posted February 14, 2011 Member ID: 1624 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 22 Topic Count: 56 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 669 Content Per Day: 0.13 Reputation: 558 Achievement Points: 5061 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/29/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 4, 2020 Birthday: 04/01/1972 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Hi Dean,try this http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistaprograms/thread/25ff3ac6-0442-434b-b699-4feb659c82c4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Cavey Posted February 14, 2011 Member ID: 92 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 42 Topic Count: 97 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2241 Content Per Day: 0.42 Reputation: 606 Achievement Points: 13358 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 11, 2020 Birthday: 06/09/1977 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Hi Dean... You need to be more specific. When does it happen? I mean do you find patterns where you try to open or close an application and this occurs. If it is happening all the time, randomly with all apps, then I would suggest you reformat and re-install. The reason I suggest this potentially drastic approach is that windows explorer is the heart of all Windows Operating systems, and it will not get better (unless it is specifically happening when you perform a certain task. In that case post, and we can recommend a fix). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Credit Posted February 14, 2011 Member ID: 1030 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 17 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 357 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1955 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/17/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 06/25/1990 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Did you get it in the store or did you downloaded windows ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavey Posted February 14, 2011 Member ID: 92 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 42 Topic Count: 97 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2241 Content Per Day: 0.42 Reputation: 606 Achievement Points: 13358 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 11, 2020 Birthday: 06/09/1977 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Credit Did you get it in the store or did you downloaded windows ? Hmmm Credit... I don't mean to be rude, but why would that make any difference? Are you actually asking him if he is using a hacked version! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labob Posted February 14, 2011 Member ID: 42 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8276 Content Per Day: 1.54 Reputation: 5995 Achievement Points: 53698 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 12 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 9 hours ago Birthday: 01/30/1959 Device: Android Share Posted February 14, 2011 http://fixitcenter.support.microsoft.com/Portal/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BigPapaDean Posted February 16, 2011 Member ID: 1128 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1200 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6529 Content Per Day: 1.25 Reputation: 4411 Achievement Points: 63453 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Friday at 06:24 AM Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 Okay guys the problem starts when I open COD4MW. It shows up right after I go to the find game screen. It says,"Windows explorer has stopped working". It does it5 on other programs too, but I don't remember which ones at the moment. I went to both sites and I cannot find any diagnostics too0l that looks for and fixes this problem. I tried the "cmd" thing and on Windows 7 the selection that is given does not include the one inn the direction on the website Wildbill referred me to. Please help as this is getting really iratating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Kash Posted February 16, 2011 Member ID: 2086 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 41 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 137 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 2 Achievement Points: 1109 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/31/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 27, 2017 Birthday: 10/23/1979 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Did you upgrade from xp/vista or did you do a clean install? Have you done all your upgrades? (windows, sound, Video) Have you checked your error logs to see what codes it is throwing out? and i have to ask is this a cracked copy or store bought? also there is this fix. Click Start. In the Search Bar, type regedit and press Enter. Locate the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ SQMClient\Windows\DisabledSessions In the right pane delete this subkey: MachineThrottling Turn your computer off and back on for the change to take effect. But this is a old fix for your problem, they have since released a update for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toothpick Posted February 16, 2011 Member ID: 1891 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 12 Topic Count: 59 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1092 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 4 Achievement Points: 6106 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/14/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 17, 2012 Birthday: 03/19/1985 Share Posted February 16, 2011 1st step: go to www.getfirefox.com 2nd step: download firefox 3th step: instal 4th step: problemless surfing in your browser ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graffitti Posted February 16, 2011 Member ID: 27 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 9 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 307 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 25 Achievement Points: 1712 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 22, 2021 Birthday: 06/03/1957 Share Posted February 16, 2011 To work around the problem (I had it on Vista 64, and (rarely) on my actual W7pro, change user, and come back in. This is only a workaround, it will not solve the problem in itself... Don't get to nervous Dean, you might be kniving me even more.....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushape Posted February 16, 2011 Member ID: 839 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 83 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1334 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 64 Achievement Points: 7776 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 12, 2020 Birthday: 07/17/1958 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I had this same problem everytime that Black Ops ran. I tried just about everything and nothing worked. Sux Tzu posted a fix to some BO problems. I went through the list just like he posted and for some reason it fixed Window Explorer problem. I don't know why, but it helped. http://www.xtremeidiots.com/fora_topic.asp?tid=14418 It has only happened to me once in the last two weeks. In TS3 my mic would stay open. I had to restart to get to my rcon. After I played the game it always did it and now it never does. So this helped, might be something in there that someone can figure out why this worked. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Fire Posted February 16, 2011 Member ID: 496 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 282 Topic Count: 227 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3249 Content Per Day: 0.61 Reputation: 1083 Achievement Points: 22334 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/23/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 5, 2017 Birthday: 10/26/1969 Share Posted February 16, 2011 well i use windows 7 and windows explorer and i,v never had any probs with my game or anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
ChknFngr Posted February 16, 2011 Member ID: 922 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 72 Topic Count: 149 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 3472 Content Per Day: 0.66 Reputation: 1286 Achievement Points: 23224 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 12/23/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 16, 2021 Birthday: 10/01/1975 Share Posted February 16, 2011 u guyz realize windows explorer is not the same as windows internet explorer, right ? what are ur system specs ? what video card u have and what drivers ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Labob Posted February 16, 2011 Member ID: 42 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8276 Content Per Day: 1.54 Reputation: 5995 Achievement Points: 53698 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 12 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 9 hours ago Birthday: 01/30/1959 Device: Android Share Posted February 16, 2011 Windows explorer and internet explorer are 2 seperate programs guys. What are you running for a virus scanner ? Turn the virus scanner off to see if thats the issue. try using msconfig to turn off everything you do not need. Here's a link to a good tut concern yourself with the part on startup . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BigPapaDean Posted February 17, 2011 Member ID: 1128 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1200 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6529 Content Per Day: 1.25 Reputation: 4411 Achievement Points: 63453 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Friday at 06:24 AM Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 Kash Did you upgrade from xp/vista or did you do a clean install? Have you done all your upgrades? (windows, sound, Video) Have you checked your error logs to see what codes it is throwing out? and i have to ask is this a cracked copy or store bought? also there is this fix. Click Start. In the Search Bar, type regedit and press Enter. Locate the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ SQMClient\Windows\DisabledSessions In the right pane delete this subkey: MachineThrottling Turn your computer off and back on for the change to take effect. But this is a old fix for your problem, they have since released a update for it. This an honest clean install and I purchased with a key code. Will try this Kash, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BigPapaDean Posted February 17, 2011 Member ID: 1128 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1200 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6529 Content Per Day: 1.25 Reputation: 4411 Achievement Points: 63453 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Friday at 06:24 AM Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 Bigmeandean Kash Did you upgrade from xp/vista or did you do a clean install? Have you done all your upgrades? (windows, sound, Video) Have you checked your error logs to see what codes it is throwing out? and i have to ask is this a cracked copy or store bought? also there is this fix. Click Start. In the Search Bar, type regedit and press Enter. Locate the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ SQMClient\Windows\DisabledSessions In the right pane delete this subkey: MachineThrottling Turn your computer off and back on for the change to take effect. But this is a old fix for your problem, they have since released a update for it. This an honest clean install and I purchased with a key code. Will try this Kash, thanks! Well kash there is no subkey: MachineThrottling it says:Default REG_SZ (value not set) and nothing more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BigPapaDean Posted February 17, 2011 Member ID: 1128 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1200 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6529 Content Per Day: 1.25 Reputation: 4411 Achievement Points: 63453 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Friday at 06:24 AM Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 Labob Windows explorer and internet explorer are 2 seperate programs guys. What are you running for a virus scanner ? Turn the virus scanner off to see if thats the issue. try using msconfig to turn off everything you do not need. Here's a link to a good tut concern yourself with the part on startup . Labob I use to run AVG and had the problem and now I run Windows Essentials and it still does it. I also am well aware of them being separate programs as that is why I specified the Windows Explorer. I did the config before I posted this thread so are there any other suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Labob Posted February 17, 2011 Member ID: 42 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8276 Content Per Day: 1.54 Reputation: 5995 Achievement Points: 53698 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 12 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 9 hours ago Birthday: 01/30/1959 Device: Android Share Posted February 17, 2011 I think it sounds like you have two programs conflicting with each other ? Are you sure you got rid of AVG completly ? The other thing that comes to mind is a missing or corupted file. You can run a repair with your Windows 7 disk and that should repair any damaged files on your system. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html See if that helps you out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BigPapaDean Posted February 18, 2011 Member ID: 1128 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1200 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6529 Content Per Day: 1.25 Reputation: 4411 Achievement Points: 63453 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Friday at 06:24 AM Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 Ok Labob I ran the scanner and found umpteen registry errors, so how do I fix them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
2cuteSue Posted February 18, 2011 Member ID: 73 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 111 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 907 Content Per Day: 0.17 Reputation: 38 Achievement Points: 5701 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 18, 2013 Birthday: 08/31/1972 Share Posted February 18, 2011 meandean... here is a simple thing u can try.... goto My Computer, right click on your C drive, goto tools, then run Error Checking... That will fix any fucked up files or duplicate shit that is fucked up.... If there are any corrupted files or what not it will fix them back to default... An easy thing to do... Do that and see if that helps!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labob Posted February 18, 2011 Member ID: 42 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8276 Content Per Day: 1.54 Reputation: 5995 Achievement Points: 53698 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 12 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 9 hours ago Birthday: 01/30/1959 Device: Android Share Posted February 18, 2011 Well you can do what 2cute mentioned or use cc cleaner I'm not a big fan of regi cleaning . If your registry is getting so bad that is creating problems for you then I would say to to wipe the system and reload a clean one. Anyway I wouldn't be so sure thats whats giving you the headache. When you said you ran the scanner did you mean the repait utility on you win 7 disk ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
RogueKill Posted February 18, 2011 Member ID: 1588 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 7 Topic Count: 84 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 904 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 139 Achievement Points: 5532 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 07/19/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 1, 2023 Birthday: 08/25/1966 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I had the same problem until i upgraded to IE9-64BIT. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
PigDog Posted February 19, 2011 Member ID: 222 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 88 Topic Count: 331 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 3846 Content Per Day: 0.72 Reputation: 1626 Achievement Points: 25628 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 24 Birthday: 02/05/1968 Device: Windows Share Posted February 19, 2011 Dean, if you have Registry Errors, I use a program called Glary Utilities. It is free and it fixes a lot of thing,s including registry errors. You can get it on www.CNET.COM or go here http://download.cnet.com/Glary-Utilities/3000-2094_4-10508531.html?tag=api Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BigPapaDean Posted February 19, 2011 Member ID: 1128 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1200 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6529 Content Per Day: 1.25 Reputation: 4411 Achievement Points: 63453 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Friday at 06:24 AM Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Author Share Posted February 19, 2011 I have it scanning right now and it wont be done til tomorrow morning. I will definitely install that. I had it before and when I changed to my new pc i forgot all about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BigPapaDean Posted February 20, 2011 Member ID: 1128 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1200 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6529 Content Per Day: 1.25 Reputation: 4411 Achievement Points: 63453 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Friday at 06:24 AM Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Author Share Posted February 20, 2011 Does anybody know the command to exit the A drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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