XP Home explorer.exe not loading

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Jonno

I am experiencing a problem very similar to one posted in this forum by
anthraxen 11 June 2006:

“Windows keeps hanging up on start up after loading personal settings it
shows
my wallpaper then hangs. I have no taskbar or desktop icons. I can call up
the task manager and log off and can even run applications from the run
screen but no matter how many times I reboot I still don't get the taskbar or
desktop icons. Help!â€

And also sillyme 11 December 2006:

“I have the same problem and more.â€

In my case I have tried navigating to explorer.exe using task manager and
running it but I get the message:

“Windows cannnot find C:\Windows\explorer.exe. Make sure you typed the name
correctly and try againâ€

I have tried copying explorer.exe from a good computer and repeating the
procedure, to no avail. I have run chkdsk /r on the hard drive, and found no
major problems. I have run Sophos from the command line using a batch file
(which included downloading the latest virus definitions) started with task
manager and found no viruses. And I have run a repair install of XP Home
SP2, but the problem has not gone away.

Besides doing a clean install of Windows, does anyone have any helpful
suggestions?
 
I am experiencing a problem very similar to one posted in this forum by
anthraxen 11 June 2006:

"Windows keeps hanging up on start up after loading personal settings it
shows
my wallpaper then hangs. I have no taskbar or desktop icons. I can call up
the task manager and log off and can even run applications from the run
screen but no matter how many times I reboot I still don't get the taskbar
or
desktop icons. Help!"

<snip>
=====================================================================================
Hi Jonno,
I think this is the answer you are looking for. It has saved me several
times when fixing clients computer after malware infestation. They think I
am God when everything comes back up after a reboot. The first time I did
this I was sceptical but had nothing to lose as I had gone through all the
different 'fixes' offered on most forums without a result including
re-installs. This is simply magic.
=====================================================================================
http://www.pctechnow.blogspot.com/

Sunday, September 28, 2008
No Icons on XP Desktop after Cleaning Infected System.


Antivirus 2008, Antivirus XP, and other such software miscreants can leave
an XP desktop with no icons, no taskbar. They boot up normally otherwise and
are clean of malware, Trojans, root-kits, etc., but those bad programs have
leveraged their hooks into the operating system's start up although all
startup locations seem clean and none of the cleaners are detecting this
registry change as a problem (at least not at the time of this post).

There is a solution, a simple reg fix that all the big time tech forums
didn't have an answer to. It can be found right here
http://pctechnow.blogspot.com/2008/08/cant-find-explorerexe-when-run-from.html

======================================================================================
 
Jonno

What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements?

Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in
the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot. No
Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate which also appear in
a previous boot.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning
of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description
are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event
Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
Event Viewer.

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
Jonno

What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements?

Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in
the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot. No
Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate which also appear in
a previous boot.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning
of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description
are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event
Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
Event Viewer.
Click to expand...

Here's my info:
Type Date Time Source Category Event User Computer
Information 11/25/2008 11:05:53 AM idsvc None 0 N/A
DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 10:26:17 AM idsvc None 0 N/A
DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 9:02:49 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 9:02:26 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 9:01:59 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 9:01:37 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 9:01:18 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 9:01:01 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 9:00:42 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 9:00:25 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 9:00:08 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:59:50 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:59:33 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:59:16 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:58:58 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:58:40 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:58:23 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:58:05 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:57:48 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:57:30 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:57:13 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:56:56 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:56:38 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:56:21 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:56:03 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:55:46 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:55:28 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:55:12 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:54:54 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:54:37 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:54:20 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:54:02 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:53:44 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:53:27 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:53:09 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:52:52 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:52:34 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:52:17 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:51:59 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:51:41 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:51:24 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:51:06 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:50:49 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:50:31 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:50:14 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Warning 11/25/2008 8:50:00 AM MsiInstaller None 1001
NETWORK SERVICE DUDE
Warning 11/25/2008 8:50:00 AM MsiInstaller None 1004
NETWORK SERVICE DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:49:56 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:49:38 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:49:21 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:49:03 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:48:45 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:48:28 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:48:10 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:47:53 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:47:36 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:47:19 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:47:02 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:46:45 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:46:27 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:46:04 AM Winlogon None
1002 N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:43:37 AM SecurityCenter None
1800 N/A DUDE
Error 11/25/2008 8:43:36 AM SecurityCenter None 1802
N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:42:59 AM RoxLiveShare9 None 0
N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:42:58 AM RoxLiveShare9 None 0
N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:42:45 AM Bonjour Service None 1
N/A DUDE
Information 11/25/2008 8:42:40 AM LightScribeService
None 4 N/A DUDE
Error 11/25/2008 8:42:11 AM Userenv None 1500 NETWORK
SERVICE DUDE
Error 11/25/2008 8:42:09 AM Userenv None 1500 NETWORK
SERVICE DUDE


Security Center Error:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: SecurityCenter
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1802
Date: 11/25/2008
Time: 8:43:36 AM
User: N/A
Computer: DUDE
Description:
The Windows Security Center Service was unable to establish event
queries with WMI to monitor third party AntiVirus and Firewall.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 02 40 00 80 .@.?


The Winlogon information events between 8:43 and 8:49, then 8:50 to
9:02 are all the same:
Event Type: Information
Event Source: Winlogon
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1002
Date: 11/25/2008
Time: 8:49:56 AM
User: N/A
Computer: DUDE
Description:
The shell stopped unexpectedly and explorer.exe was restarted.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
 
I am experiencing a problem very similar to one posted in this forum by
anthraxen 11 June 2006:

"Windows keeps hanging up on start up after loading personal settings it
shows
my wallpaper then hangs. I have no taskbar or desktop icons. I can call up
the task manager and log off and can even run applications from the run
screen but no matter how many times I reboot I still don't get the taskbar
or
desktop icons. Help!"

<snip>
=====================================================================================
Hi Jonno,
I think this is the answer you are looking for. It has saved me several
times when fixing clients computer after malware infestation. They think I
am God when everything comes back up after a reboot. The first time I did
this I was sceptical but had nothing to lose as I had gone through all the
different 'fixes' offered on most forums without a result including
re-installs. This is simply magic.
=====================================================================================
http://www.pctechnow.blogspot.com/

Sunday, September 28, 2008
No Icons on XP Desktop after Cleaning Infected System.


Antivirus 2008, Antivirus XP, and other such software miscreants can leave
an XP desktop with no icons, no taskbar. They boot up normally otherwise and
are clean of malware, Trojans, root-kits, etc., but those bad programs have
leveraged their hooks into the operating system's start up although all
startup locations seem clean and none of the cleaners are detecting this
registry change as a problem (at least not at the time of this post).

There is a solution, a simple reg fix that all the big time tech forums
didn't have an answer to. It can be found right here
http://pctechnow.blogspot.com/2008/08/cant-find-explorerexe-when-run-from.html

======================================================================================
Click to expand...

Thanks for your comments, but I could not find the registry key
detailed on the pages linked above.
 
Dave

Event ID: 1500
http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=1500&eventno=2044&source=Userenv&phase=1

Log on in Safe Mode as the Administrator and create a new user account.
See if that resolves your problem.

A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315222/en-us

HOW TO Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=279783

How to Copy a User Profile
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_logon.htm

Corrupt User Profile Especially
How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile
http://support.microsoft.com

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
Thanks Touch Base for your simple and elegant solution. I have been fiddling
around for days on this one, and your solution took just a couple of minutes.

I have marked your post as useful and I have bookmarked your blog.

Thanks also to all the other replies, but I recommend Touch base's blog to
you as well. To Gerry, the create a new user doesn't work on this one, and
my history was lost when I tried the repair install, but thanks for your time
anyway.
 
Thanks Touch Base for your simple and elegant solution. I have been
fiddling
around for days on this one, and your solution took just a couple of
minutes.

I have marked your post as useful and I have bookmarked your blog.

Thanks also to all the other replies, but I recommend Touch base's blog to
you as well. To Gerry, the create a new user doesn't work on this one, and
my history was lost when I tried the repair install, but thanks for your
time
anyway.

Touch Base said:
news:[email protected]...
Click to expand...

===========================================================

Thanks for the feedback.

I am pleased that you had a positive result. By the way it's not my Blog,
full credit goes to the pctechnow
blogspot. I don't know the posters name or even if he/she was the originator
of the info.
 
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