allank Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Anyone out there an expert on Windows Explorer? After doing a bunch of security updates, Windows Explorer quits immediately after startup. Same thing in Safe Mode. Task Manager quits when trying to launch an app using Run. Any ideas? I can't run Regedit or any other command, because the Task Manager quits as soon as I type anything into the Run field.Any help will be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 If you are usng XP have you tried to do a System Restore to a point previous of installing the updates? I would try that, then run scans for malware before installing updates again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
allank Posted August 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Yes, it's XP Pro, but I can't do a System Restore - no desktop, no command prompt, not even in Safe Mode. I even tried to startup with F8 picking the last known good option - didn't work. Windows boots fine, I get the Welcome screen and then I get the Windows Explorer has encountered an error and has to close notice. I'm then left with an empty blue screen.I've taken the drive out and plugged it in as a second drive in a working computer, and am now trying to run an online scan on both drives - so far nothing.I remember that there's a registry key that if deleted will restore the desktop, but I can't remember the key and I don't know how to find the registry on the second drive, and I don't know how to edit it - obviously Regedit will work on the active Registry, not on the one on the slave drive...Any other ideas? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
allank Posted August 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Solution:I was able to boot into Safe Mode with Command Prompt, and then ran the System Restore by executing %systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe. I restored to before the updates, and all is well (or at least as "well" as it was before the updates!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 you could try one update at a time to isolate the bad one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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