not exactly continuum related

[Tipme]

but i don't have explorer.exe working or something

the thing with the start menu, and desktop icons

im going to task manager and typing explorer.exe but nothing is happening

[Bargeld]

are you running linux or OSX?

[★ SOS]

What makes you think it's not working?

 

What is the problem you are having?

[Tipme]

well, im using task manager to open up everything atm, such as my internet browser

 

i have windows xp home edition with service pack 2

[Bargeld]

So you can't click the start button for the start menu and you have no desktop icons?

 

btw it's Iexplorer.exe

 

explorer.exe is always running (it's a core windows process). In versions of windows prior to win2k, if explorer.exe crashed, or was not running... then you essentially had no operating system. If explorer.exe froze, then your OS would crash. If you couldn't run it, then your pc wouldn't boot.

 

Sounds like time for a re-install of the OS.

[★ SOS]

A reinstall? Wooh, drastic measures there, barg

 

 

Most likely some trojan has replaced explorer.exe and then screwed itself over and stopped working.

Here's my explorer.exe, copy it to c:\Windows and give it a try.

explorer.zip

Edited December 5, 2005 by SOS

[Bargeld]

explorer.exe should be 'in use' and the file *shouldn't* copy. 8(

[ntfx]

Bargeld, how many topics does it take for you to figure nobody is listening to you?

[★ SOS]

Rofl

 

Anyway, if it's not running then obviously it's not in use :sos:

Edited December 5, 2005 by SOS

[Tipme]

ok i figured something out

 

i use SBC yahoo DSL

 

i just had to format my comp

 

anyways after i install it and it finishes up and all that

then if i reboot it explorer.exe goes away

i guess if i never reboot after i install it i wont have this problem

 

ill call about it

[Bargeld]

show me a screenshot of the task manager of a healthy windows machine without explorer.exe running. I double-dog dare ya...

[ntfx]

*take a dump on windows*

[★ SOS]

Healthy without explorer? Isn't that an oxymoron?

[Tipme]

explorer.exe is on my computer in my C:\WINDOWS

its just not showing up in task manager as a process

 

ill get a SS in a min

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/Tipme/process.jpg

 

 

 

on an off topic note

 

I CANT FREAKIN INSTALL DIABLO 2 GOD DAMMIT

[★ SOS]

Did you use the explorer.exe I gave you?

[Tipme]

yea it does nothing

i put it in c:\windows

and tried everything nothing works

but i guess.......................................................

..........

 

Sounds like time for a re-install of the OS.

[★ Dav]

tried using system recovery to before this problem started? thats kinda what its there for

 

also, do you have any luck in safe mode?

Edited December 9, 2005 by Dav

[★ SOS]

Have you checked for viruses? F-secure has a pretty good online virus scanner.

 

I've attached a rootkit detector as well, have a go with that, too.

RootkitRevealer.zip

[Bargeld]

if he had re-installed the OS, he woulda been done a week ago...

[Tipme]

Yea, but it's such a VIGOROUS process, i thought there had to be some kind of other way....

[Bargeld]

It's just alsways been my policy... If the OS is screwed up, you normally don't 'fix' it. System restore, driver re-installs, virus scans, and ad-ware scans... sure do 'em. But when you have probs with explorer.exe or a persistant BSOD or 'illegal operations'. Then you know the OS is hosed. I just never feel confidant working on a machine with a patched up OS, and usually, you will still have little residual problems that you will have to live with. If you think about it, it broke because of something, and you still don't know what that is.

 

OS re-installs can be annoying, but after you do it a few times, it isn't so bad.