Explorer.exe Crash Troubleshooting Tips
Does Explorer crash and restart when you open a folder window or right-click a file or folder? This post tells you how to troubleshoot Explorer crashes which sometimes seriously affect our workflow.
If the Command Prompt, PowerShell, or an unknown program window flashes during logon or at random intervals without you doing anything, there are many chances that it’s a Task Scheduler job. The windows popping up frequently can be a huge distraction when you’re working or playing a game on the computer.
Every now and then, my PC located in the bedroom emanated a sound at random intervals. This was caused by an application playing a short media file. And I noticed it twice when entering the bedroom, which I thought was a mere coincidence, but wasn’t. I couldn’t figure out what it was. Control Panels → … Read more
A desktop theme contains various settings such as cursors, icons, wallpaper, screensaver, and other UI settings. It’s obvious that when one of those theme parameters is changed, Windows saves the customized setting in a separate theme file named Custom.theme, which is displayed in the Personalization window as “Unsaved Theme”. RELATED: Windows can’t find one of … Read more
The Explorer.exe process loads many DLLs, including some third-party shell extension DLLs. The shell extensions installed on the computer load whenever Explorer.exe is started. A buggy DLL may sometimes cause problems in File Explorer — such as freeze issues, crashes, or other unusual behavior in the Explorer shell. In most cases, a third-party shell extension … Read more
The Windows 11 Services configuration defaults are provided on this page. The settings below are gathered from a Windows 11 Pro PC (clean install, rather than upgrade). Created on Jan 06, 2022 – Windows 11 Pro v21H2 (Build 22000.194) is the current version as of this post. Note that some of these services may not … Read more
Windows supports many auto-start launch points from where you can launch programs at the startup. There are many registry startup locations in addition to the Startup and Common Startup folders. On some computers, when you place a program shortcut in the Startup folder or the Run registry keys, one or more programs may not auto-start … Read more