How do I reinstall Windows Explorer (files/folders)

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Hopefully someone knows:
How to reinstall the program Windows Explorer (explorer.exe)?
 
To what end? You can expand a new copy from your installation media or a
service pack file. Whichever is newer.

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I agree. Your desired end result is not clear at all. You can expand a new
copy from the Windows XP install CD-Rom.

From a command prompt you can expand the files. An example;

expand E:\I386\explorer.ex_ %systemroot%\explorer.exe
would expand a new copy to the windows directory.

Also you'll want to use the correct version for the service pack level
you're at. So you may need to extract the file from a service pack.

To extract the service pack files without installing them, execute
J:\XPSP2\WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe /x
Then when prompted, specify a directory to hold the extracted files.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...BE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en


This article may be what you're really after.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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Dear Dave

I think that was it ! Thanks.
I will save your description for later!
Your link inform that after a local installation you have to update your
windows again. And I am in the last days of a written exam..
Really a good answer.
Best wishes
Ole

Dave Patrick said:
I agree. Your desired end result is not clear at all. You can expand a new
copy from the Windows XP install CD-Rom.

From a command prompt you can expand the files. An example;

expand E:\I386\explorer.ex_ %systemroot%\explorer.exe
would expand a new copy to the windows directory.

Also you'll want to use the correct version for the service pack level
you're at. So you may need to extract the file from a service pack.

To extract the service pack files without installing them, execute
J:\XPSP2\WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe /x
Then when prompted, specify a directory to hold the extracted files.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...BE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en


This article may be what you're really after.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

Ole Kappelgaard said:
That was not clear to me.
The control panel (windows programs/installation) does not give me the
opportunity to reinstall it - all the other programs can easily be deleted
and the reinstalled - but not explorer.exe
Can you be more specific?

Ole
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It is not Internet Explorer but Explorer.

Alexander Mitchell said:
You could go into >CONTROL PANEL>ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS/ADD/REMOVE WINDOWS
COMPONENTS then tick the internet explorer sign, it should install in either
a matter of seconds or minutes. If that doesnt work then i dont know what will
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I'm wondering if this is a solution to a recurring problem I have with
explorer.exe going to app. 80% cpu use and taking the entire cpu use to 100%.
This occurs almost always when I open a Word 2007 doc, occurs sometimes when
I open an Excel or Powerpoint 2007 file, and sometimes when downloading files
with Firefox or IE and selecting where to save them. On the other hand, it
never happens when I open files associated with non-Microsoft applications,
like PDF's.

XP SP3 is installed, as are the latest Office 2007 updates.

This has been going on for months, even when I was at SP2 and using
Word/Excel/PPT 2000. I've tried various solutions I found online, nothing
has worked. I'm wondering if reinstalling explorer.exe is the only answer.
If so, I'm not sure how to do this as I have an XP SP2 CD (for a different
pc), so how do I install it from the SP3 installation?

Thank you.

Dave Patrick said:
I agree. Your desired end result is not clear at all. You can expand a new
copy from the Windows XP install CD-Rom.

From a command prompt you can expand the files. An example;

expand E:\I386\explorer.ex_ %systemroot%\explorer.exe
would expand a new copy to the windows directory.

Also you'll want to use the correct version for the service pack level
you're at. So you may need to extract the file from a service pack.

To extract the service pack files without installing them, execute
J:\XPSP2\WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe /x
Then when prompted, specify a directory to hold the extracted files.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...BE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en


This article may be what you're really after.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

Ole Kappelgaard said:
That was not clear to me.
The control panel (windows programs/installation) does not give me the
opportunity to reinstall it - all the other programs can easily be deleted
and the reinstalled - but not explorer.exe
Can you be more specific?

Ole
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