Windows Explorer crash

[BrianK]

Have a Dell M1530 laptop with 2Gb of ram running Vista Home Premium 32 bit.

Without installing any new programs, I have started getting frequent errors about a windows explorer crash. There is nothing in the error message that I can interpret to help find a solution. I can click on either find an online fix or just restart the program with the same results. It gives a restart of windows explorer and goes on.

I thought maybe installing SP1 would fix any glitches but it didn't. The service pack installed nicely and the machine runs fine otherwise. I checked for viruses and malware but nothing but the usual spyware which I cleaned off.

I am not sure what windows explorer does. It is much more than the file system and the error happens without opening the regular windows explorer program. I see it is always running in the process list.

As I have no idea what to look for, any assistance would be appreciated.

 

[BoRock]

get the sp1 rtm....and IE 8.0

 

[BrianK]

get the sp1 rtm....and IE 8.0

The problem was the same before and after I installed SP1. Don't know what the RTM means in your post. I used the 435mb standalone download to load SP1.

The problem is not with Internet Explorer it is with Windows Explorer.

 

[dmex]

Hello BrianK wellcome to the vistax64 fourms!


Windows Explorer is the program that manages your entire desktop interface from the icons to my-computer and my-document folders,

When you see this error does it only happen when using certain programs or loading a specific folder?

Thanks
dmex

 

[BrianK]

It was intermittent so I hadn't paid attention and just thought about keeping a log to try to identify any pattern. I will do so from now on. Should have done so from the start.