On a test machine I did an upgrade install of Vista. Windows explorer keeps crashing (although safe mode seems stable). I removed the drive and installed Vista on a clean drive and it is working perfectly on the same machine. Any ideas to diagnose and fix explorer in the first install? Having to reformat is not a problem since there is nothing to lose on that drive but I would like to either fix it or uninstall--which I suspect is impossible since it was installed over xp.

Hi,
I'm having the same problem.
Explorer just shuts down everytime I try and open it.
I have RC2 installed on a brand new SATA 250 GIG drive.
Neither can I get Onecare 1.5 to start.
I'm wondering if my install was corrupted as I'm having nothing but problems with Vista - and it's incredibaly slow even though I have one of those new duo core processors.
Has anyone else had these problems?
Thanks,
Dorian.

I have a Dell Inspiron E1705 with OEM install of Vista. Worked OK for a while but now Explorer keeps crashing.

BTW, Outlook crashes a lot also.

I haven't heard anything good yet about Vista.

I have a brand new HPG70015 and explorer keeps crashing too, even when trying to open a folder to view files, anyone got any solutions to these problems

dell inspiron 9400

worked fine for first few months.. now it keeps crashing random times while surfing.

really sucks.. . cuz i loose all the tabs im using very annoying..

on average crash every 3 minutes. u can imagine how bad it is.

usually when im opening new tabs refrsehing loading a new page or closing tabs or something is when it crashes.

when its idle no problem.

Try using the 'Disk cleanup' utility. This will clear your web history and downloaded web pages (make sure the box is ticked). I'd then use a good Spyware/malware scanner such as Ad-Aware (google for it) and lastly run an anti-virus. If after doing all these things, you've still got problems, post back.

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i have done all those things and have the same problem just wondering it happens to me when i move or delet file if i drag and drop a loda of pics from one folder to another it crashed as the dialogue box wont close it just site there and whenever i move something to the recycle bin and whenever i empty the recycle bin please help this is really killing me i need to sort out this system ASAP

thanks for all your help

Mike

Latitude D630 is what I am using and every time I boot my Vista, the explorer will crash for the first boot and I have to reboot.


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Troubleshooting Windows Explorer Errors - HelpWithWindows.com

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