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XP Pro problem
Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 7:11 am
by Roger_the_Shrubber
I use WINXP Pro.
Whenever I right click on "start", then.."explore", which is how I browse my hard drive, explorer.exe uses 98% of my system resources, and freezes up the whole thing.
Why?
Using task manager, if you 'end' explorer.exe, you can't even see icons on the desktop, let alone operate anything.
Weird!
Any ideas?
Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 7:34 am
by Eversor
Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 2:33 pm
by PSUFAN
get more memory.
Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 4:26 pm
by ElTaco
Its hard to diagnose problem7s like this because many different problems ould e a contributing factor.1
0First of all, the Explorer process in your Task manager is essentially your desktop. If you kill it, it should restart automatically and reload your desktop. On computers that are screwed up, a lot of times this doesn't happen correctly.
When you open up the Explorer to look at your drive contents, it doesn't actually start a new Explorer.exe process. It just loads it as part of the Explorer.exe process that is already running.
As for why its using up so much processing power, it could be a result of not having enough memory, although a new Explorer window only takes up about 700k of memory so your problem would much more likely be the result of a virus, spyware, or it may just be a corrupt dll. The problem could also be caused by some other program that you installed, that somehow interacts or modified windows explorer.
You may want to look at what processes/programs are running and shut any un-necessary ones down. You could check your windows system files for currupt ones and have windows re-install them. You could just run the latest updates, after you check for viruses and spyware in safe mode and see if they fix some problems. Of course a full re-install will also fix whatever problems you are having.
Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 4:52 pm
by BSmack
I regards to ElTco's response, I've found this resource to be very helpful in idnetifying Windows processes.
http://www.liutilities.com/products/win ... sslibrary/
Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 4:52 am
by DiT
like ET said you have a corrupt .dll or system file that has been altered,deleted or corrupted.
often times I'm finding that when the explorer.exe has been corrupted or altered it's because of trojan/virus/worm activity.
if you lose your desktop next time hit Ctrl+Alt+Del
File>New Task (Run)then type explorer.exe and OK and it will pull your desktop back up;)
grab your XP cd and go to run and type:
sfc /scannow
it'll ask you for your CD if there's any fucked up files.