What the hell? Explorer.exe stopped?

[cleaner88HPi]

Ok, one day I was editing a picture and uploading 4 videos on YouTube, when suddenly...

http://www.troublefixers.com/wp-con...orergethanged_114EF/windowsexplorer_thumb.jpg

Except without the Debug button (I couldn't take a screenshot since the freaking OS stopped).

It also stopped the uploading process

After clicking Don't Send, this came up:

http://www.lobelia.net/moz-screenshot.jpg

I was like "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!?"

I tried to open other programs, but it did nothing. So I used Task Manager to open Google Chrome, but it froze the whole system!

I also checked the processes, and explorer.exe was still alive, but I couldn't do anything.

What the heck is the problem!?!?

 

[AntiNaz]

Hmm, something similar happend to me. The second screenshot wasn't there, but Explorer died and screwed over my entire PC. My C Drive deleted itself.. gone! Poof! Pissed me off... One of the other guys might know exactly what your problem is though!

 

[Titcher]

Explorer.exe crashes sometimes. If it happens again, end all remaining explorer.exe processes and use task manager to start up another, it should reload your desktop.

 

[paardje]

Looks like I'm not the only one, Windows is acting VERY VERY weird the last couple of days, like freezes, lock-ups and more of that!

 

[BonezOz]

Couple of things.

1. Your using XP, ensure that your AV is up to date and do a full scan
2. Your using XP, how long since a fresh install? May be time to do another.
3. Your using XP Put up with it and install 7 when it's released

Honestly, no funny business, you may also want to run a chkdisk on the OS drive especially if this is happening on a regular basis. It may be very possible that the drive has bad sectors and needs to be replaced/fixed.

 

[cleaner88HPi]

Couple of things.

1. Your using XP, ensure that your AV is up to date and do a full scan
2. Your using XP, how long since a fresh install? May be time to do another.
3. Your using XP Put up with it and install 7 when it's released

Honestly, no funny business, you may also want to run a chkdisk on the OS drive especially if this is happening on a regular basis. It may be very possible that the drive has bad sectors and needs to be replaced/fixed.

I'm using avast!, and its up-to-date.
Since the fresh install, maybe around Dec 2007 or Jan 2008.
I'm using a laptop, and I'm worried that the drivers for my laptop might fail to install on a different OS.

I haven't done a scan yet, but I will now.

 

[Titcher]

Explorer crashing has nothing to with it being a windows XP system. There are a few possible reasons for it to misbehave like this, malware(run spybot S&D), bad memory(run memtest) or bad drivers(did you change any recently? maybe try updating some). Now it could have just been a freak occurance, this happens from time to time.

But to attribute this to Windows XP and to imply that Windows 7 would behave differently is wrong. All OS' get bugs, it's part of the human error and that every computer is unique.

 

[cleaner88HPi]

Must have been a freak occurrence since this happened only once. I'll bump this thread when it happens again (if necessary).