• Explorer.exe is completely gone (Windows 7 64bit)
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So, I started up in Windows 7 today, and explorer.exe seems to no longer exist. To my knowledge, I haven't done anything that might cause this, and Google has failed me. I can start other programs through the task manager, but it can't find "explorer." My dual-boot with XP works just fine. Any solutions other than a reformat?
Do an sfc /scannow from an administrator command prompt (Safe mode w/ command prompt is your best bet if explorer's gone) It'll ask for installation media, so have that ready.
May I suggest a system repair? That's if you have the Windows install CD. Else, there are a few repair CDs you can download and burné
explorer.exe doesn't exist in \windows\system32\??
There's an explorer.exe you can use in C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ however you won't get a taskbar/start menu. You could still browse the file system though and see if it was renamed or something.
[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;28228289]explorer.exe doesn't exist in \windows\system32\??[/QUOTE] No, I looked everywhere for it. It has registry entries and everything, but the explorer.exe itself is gone. A friend is offering to send me his explorer from his own 64bit system, would that work? [editline]23rd February 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Panda X;28230600]There's an explorer.exe you can use in C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ however you won't get a taskbar/start menu. You could still browse the file system though and see if it was renamed or something.[/QUOTE] Thanks! I'll give that a try.
Yeah, you can use your friends 64b win7 explorer. Its just a shell.
Explorer.exe isn't found in /system32, its just in WINDOWS (at least for me, and I'm on the same OS as you) Try placing mine in C:/WINDOWS ~ [url]http://filesmelt.com/dl/explorer1.exe[/url]
Alright, I'll give that a try. Thanks man! [editline]24th February 2011[/editline] I'll post back with success or failure.
Double-post, but installing the new explorer.exe worked! Thanks for the help, guys.
now you have to figure out why it disappeared in the first place
[QUOTE=thatguyinthecorner;28280270]now you have to figure out why it disappeared in the first place[/QUOTE] That would probably be a worth while task.
go to taskmanager go to file hit run and type in explorer in the command bxo
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