"Windows explorer has stopped working" upon opening any folders
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Just as the title says. It freezes everything whenever I try to open a folder, then restarts windows explorer.
Sfc /scannow says nothing is broken, scanning for viruses right now but I doubt it. Google reveals shit about registry editing and folder options, and an update that broke [I]everyone's[/I] windows, so none of them apply to me.
I thought it was going to be a corrupt file because of what happened before this. I had to hard reboot after playing Doom 3, getting sick of 800x600, and setting it to 1680 or something, which is not my native resolution but I hadn't given it much thought, as usually when games don't support 1920x1080 I just set it to as high as it goes and deal with bars on the side of my screen or whatever.
After that my screen went black as if there was no input, ctrl-alt-del, alt-f4, alt-tab, and alt-enter all didn't work. So I just had to restart via my power button, and when I had restarted suddenly [I]disaster strikes[/I] and it gives me that error whenever I try to open folders.
Help.
[editline]8th February 2011[/editline]
Windows 7 64-bit Professional
You have any modifications, addons or programs with context menu entries?
I don't know what those are but I haven't modified Windows at all, so I'd guess no.
[QUOTE=Mbbird;27949075]I don't know what those are but I haven't modified Windows at all, so I'd guess no.[/QUOTE]
Do you have something installed that sticks things in your right click menu?
(i.e. WinRAR stuff appearing if you right click a ZIP file)
[img]http://gyazo.com/d05dc269ad8fabf8a72c605e925cf6ed.png[/img]
[editline]9th February 2011[/editline]
That's on my desktop though. I can't even get in a folder to show what that'd look like.
Found this in the event viewer under "system" and it shows this as an event every crash.
[img]http://gyazo.com/b097da6037c32efcf7436d80295bb75d.png[/img]
[editline]9th February 2011[/editline]
I ran an error check (chkdsk c:) and restarted so it could fix errors, but that did nothing. That's what the various forums I've been searching have said fixed their problem.
Backup your data and reinstall Windows.
When systems get fucked this badly, it's the best thing to do.
Try to reinstall windows but if the problem persists then buy a new hard-drive.
I thought windows 7 was reliable!
If check disk hasn't worked then try a system restore as a last resort. Sometimes it does miraculous things.
Good luck anyway
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