Windows 7 64 Bit Pro Explorer (explorer.exe) keeps crashing and restarting randomly.

Anonymous
2009-12-02T00:18:42+00:00

Windows 7 64 Bit Pro Explorer (explorer.exe) keeps crashing and restarting randomly. This happens several times a day and its quite annoying. Sometimes happens when I search for files, sometimes when I click on an Program Icon, Sometimes when I open a folder and sometimes for no apparent reason.

My Install was a Clean Install and I have had this issues from day 1.

I have tried several “solutions” including

  • Copying Explorer.exe from the Wow64 folder to System32 folder,
  • fixing the SQM issue,
  • Changing registry settings,
  • Running sfc,
  • Defragging my HDs
  • Scanning for Viruses and Malware (using Multiple fully updated AV programs).
  • Updating Windows and Drivers
  • etc. etc.

Nothing seems to work.  I don't want to reinstall the entire OS if I will have these problems again. Please Help!

Thanks.

K. Chahal

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Windows update

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Anonymous
2009-12-28T23:11:29+00:00

You have a Heap Corruption in Shell32.dll

Please run ShellExView and disable all Shellextension which are NOT from Micrososoft. Does the crash still occur? If not, enable the extension successively until you find the one which crahes the explorer.

André


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Anonymous
2009-12-29T01:57:29+00:00

A not-dissimilar situation has shown up in a couple different places, related to the nVidia M series video adapters. Apparently they have a mechanism whereby they flip in and out of high-performance mode depending on what's being demanded by currently running software. The problem is that in certain situations this switch can happen several times within a few milliseconds and create problems for Windows. (I've only seen this come up in relation to 64-bit versions.) The fix, copied from an OCZ forum, came courtesy of Winston Smith:

Update Driver

  1. Download and install the latest NVIDIA driver from here .

RivaTuner

  1. Download and install RivaTuner from here .

Magic

  1. Open RivaTuner and switch to the "Power User" tab.
  2. Expand the "RivaTuner\NVIDIA\Overclocking" Tree.
  3. Set "EnablePerfLevelForcing" to 1.
  4. Switch to the "Main" tab.
  5. Under "Driver settings" click on the small arrow left to "Customize..." and choose the first icon "System settings".
  6. Set "Force constant performance level" to either "low power 3D" (suffient for 2D audio work) or "performance 3D" (used for 3D gaming).
  7. Click OK and let the computer restart.

I would start with step 1, update the driver, then if the problem persists download RivaTuner and continue from there.

This even handles a problem of Windows 7 x64 (or Vista x64) freezing completely under certain circumstances on the MacBook.

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-03-19T12:38:07+00:00

    Hola,

    Yo también tuve el mismo problema...

    Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bits, en dos ordenadores distintos y en los dos me fallaba (no creo que el explorer esté corrupto).

    Probé varias cosas, y una que me funcionó fue desactivar la caché del disco duro (disable cache HD).

    Suerte!

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-01-30T18:59:16+00:00

    Hello Andre,

    I have explorer crashing when I try to open the Control Panel on Seven x64 and on some right clicking on files.

    I can access all components of the Control Panel through the cpl files in Windows directory and none crashes but if I try to open the main CP window explorer crashes.

    I run ShellExView and disabled all Shellextension which are NOT from Micrososoft and the problem persist.

    The problem doesn't occur in Safe mode boot.

    I checked the Event Viewer and the explorer crashes have this info:

    The description for Event ID 1000 from source Application Error cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.

    If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.

    The following information was included with the event:

    explorer.exe6.1.7600.164504aebab8dntdll.dll6.1.7600.165594ba9b802c000041d000000000004d301b3c01cbbf3adb80f4d8C:\Windows\explorer.exeC:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dlla36102d9-2b31-11e0-94f8-001b24531bd0

    ********************************System

    – Provider

    [ Name] Application Error

    – EventID 1000

    [ Qualifiers] 0

    Level 2

    Task 100

    Keywords 0×80000000000000

    – TimeCreated

    [ SystemTime] 2011-01-28T22:55:02.000000000Z

    EventRecordID 326966

    Channel Application

    Computer MYPC

    Security

    - EventData

    explorer.exe6.1.7600.164504aebab8dntdll.dll6.1.7600.165594ba9b802c000041d000000000004d301b3c01cbbf3adb80f4d8C:\Windows\explorer.exeC:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dlla36102d9-2b31-11e0-94f8-001b24531bd0

    I run sfc while in safemode since it wouldn't start in normal mode and it says that it couldn't repair some files.

    I am posting just the files that weren't repaired but can post the all file if necessary:

    2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    00000474 [SR] Repairing 4 components2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    00000475 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    00000476 Hashes for file member \SystemRoot\WinSxS\amd64_hpoa1sd.inf_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_none_abdb7466c14b5a38\hpotscld.dll do not match actual file [l:24{12}]"hpotscld.dll" :  Found: {l:32 b:ciRQvxFWjujTSP0ybFShhjjg+Yie5lyWOCO1WAqOqEo=} Expected: {l:32 b:NhdP1HgohAwD7Az3hqNN9DrGHWOqA3K9SJRNGn9mdzk=}2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    00000477 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"hpotscld.dll" of hpoa1sd.inf, Version = 6.1.7600.16385, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64 (9), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type = [l:24{12}]"driverUpdate", TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    00000478 Hashes for file member \SystemRoot\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-s..-freecell.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_en-us_74b882de269734bf\FreeCell.exe.mui do not match actual file [l:32{16}]"FreeCell.exe.mui" :  Found: {l:32 b:Pa042qXP8z6GyMi/CxXM59kx5OzBp0gr+0SBe8v/a/A=} Expected: {l:32 b:m9KqFzcikLcSawInRYoGshUUu72P17p1lqhBBAxUfK0=}2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    00000479 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:32{16}]"FreeCell.exe.mui" of Microsoft-Windows-Shell-InboxGames-FreeCell.Resources, Version = 6.1.7600.16385, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64 (9), Culture = [l:10{5}]"en-US", VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    0000047a Hashes for file member \SystemRoot\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-tcpip-utility_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_none_8ebbe551688f295a\ROUTE.EXE do not match actual file [l:18{9}]"ROUTE.EXE" :  Found: {l:32 b:lmhvYOycnkwTn9lldxrVrHo0x+hYFN1fbxy0Rxfljas=} Expected: {l:32 b:ACovXPz1UfJ+9GN0gMYPx87rU63jIz+GRdif/bOaOlg=}2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    0000047b [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:18{9}]"ROUTE.EXE" of Microsoft-Windows-TCPIP-Utility, Version = 6.1.7600.16385, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64 (9), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    0000047c Hashes for file member \SystemRoot\WinSxS\amd64_security-malware-wi..-defender.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_en-us_ed4b155baa9f0415\MsMpRes.dll.mui do not match actual file [l:30{15}]"MsMpRes.dll.mui" :  Found: {l:32 b:YVTeJOBUJArKFwURcmNzJFpfCh9HhhVBu68q697IEig=} Expected: {l:32 b:k+g6E6uvvZkNa/jj1nBvIMtOkKG9mISBOL7NEHLw2NY=}2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    0000047d [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:30{15}]"MsMpRes.dll.mui" of Security-Malware-Windows-Defender.Resources, Version = 6.1.7600.16385, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64 (9), Culture = [l:10{5}]"en-US", VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    0000047e Hashes for file member \SystemRoot\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-s..-freecell.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_en-us_74b882de269734bf\FreeCell.exe.mui do not match actual file [l:32{16}]"FreeCell.exe.mui" :  Found: {l:32 b:Pa042qXP8z6GyMi/CxXM59kx5OzBp0gr+0SBe8v/a/A=} Expected: {l:32 b:m9KqFzcikLcSawInRYoGshUUu72P17p1lqhBBAxUfK0=}2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    0000047f [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:32{16}]"FreeCell.exe.mui" of Microsoft-Windows-Shell-InboxGames-FreeCell.Resources, Version = 6.1.7600.16385, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64 (9), Culture = [l:10{5}]"en-US", VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    00000480 [SR] This component was referenced by [l:190{95}]"Microsoft-Windows-Shell-InboxGames-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~en-US~6.1.7600.16385.FreeCell"2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    00000481 Hashes for file member ??\C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\FreeCell\en-US\FreeCell.exe.mui do not match actual file [l:32{16}]"FreeCell.exe.mui" :  Found: {l:32 b:Pa042qXP8z6GyMi/CxXM59kx5OzBp0gr+0SBe8v/a/A=} Expected: {l:32 b:m9KqFzcikLcSawInRYoGshUUu72P17p1lqhBBAxUfK0=}2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    00000482 Hashes for file member \SystemRoot\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-s..-freecell.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_en-us_74b882de269734bf\FreeCell.exe.mui do not match actual file [l:32{16}]"FreeCell.exe.mui" :  Found: {l:32 b:Pa042qXP8z6GyMi/CxXM59kx5OzBp0gr+0SBe8v/a/A=} Expected: {l:32 b:m9KqFzcikLcSawInRYoGshUUu72P17p1lqhBBAxUfK0=}2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    00000483 [SR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:102{51}]"??\C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\FreeCell\en-US"[l:32{16}]"FreeCell.exe.mui"; source file in store is also corrupted2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    00000484 Hashes for file member \SystemRoot\WinSxS\amd64_security-malware-wi..-defender.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_en-us_ed4b155baa9f0415\MsMpRes.dll.mui do not match actual file [l:30{15}]"MsMpRes.dll.mui" :  Found: {l:32 b:YVTeJOBUJArKFwURcmNzJFpfCh9HhhVBu68q697IEig=} Expected: {l:32 b:k+g6E6uvvZkNa/jj1nBvIMtOkKG9mISBOL7NEHLw2NY=}2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    00000485 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:30{15}]"MsMpRes.dll.mui" of Security-Malware-Windows-Defender.Resources, Version = 6.1.7600.16385, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64 (9), Culture = [l:10{5}]"en-US", VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    00000486 [SR] This component was referenced by [l:266{133}]"Microsoft-Windows-Client-Features-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~en-US~6.1.7600.16385.Microsoft-Windows-Client-Features-Language-Pack"2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    00000487 Hashes for file member ??\C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\en-US\MsMpRes.dll.mui do not match actual file [l:30{15}]"MsMpRes.dll.mui" :  Found: {l:32 b:YVTeJOBUJArKFwURcmNzJFpfCh9HhhVBu68q697IEig=} Expected: {l:32 b:k+g6E6uvvZkNa/jj1nBvIMtOkKG9mISBOL7NEHLw2NY=}2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    00000488 Hashes for file member \SystemRoot\WinSxS\amd64_security-malware-wi..-defender.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_en-us_ed4b155baa9f0415\MsMpRes.dll.mui do not match actual file [l:30{15}]"MsMpRes.dll.mui" :  Found: {l:32 b:YVTeJOBUJArKFwURcmNzJFpfCh9HhhVBu68q697IEig=} Expected: {l:32 b:k+g6E6uvvZkNa/jj1nBvIMtOkKG9mISBOL7NEHLw2NY=}2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    00000489 [SR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:86{43}]"??\C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\en-US"[l:30{15}]"MsMpRes.dll.mui"; source file in store is also corrupted2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    0000048a Hashes for file member \SystemRoot\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-tcpip-utility_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_none_8ebbe551688f295a\ROUTE.EXE do not match actual file [l:18{9}]"ROUTE.EXE" :  Found: {l:32 b:lmhvYOycnkwTn9lldxrVrHo0x+hYFN1fbxy0Rxfljas=} Expected: {l:32 b:ACovXPz1UfJ+9GN0gMYPx87rU63jIz+GRdif/bOaOlg=}2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    0000048b [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:18{9}]"ROUTE.EXE" of Microsoft-Windows-TCPIP-Utility, Version = 6.1.7600.16385, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64 (9), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    0000048c [SR] This component was referenced by [l:202{101}]"Microsoft-Windows-Foundation-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd646.1.7600.16385.WindowsFoundationDelivery"2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    0000048d Hashes for file member ??\C:\Windows\System32\ROUTE.EXE do not match actual file [l:18{9}]"ROUTE.EXE" :  Found: {l:32 b:lmhvYOycnkwTn9lldxrVrHo0x+hYFN1fbxy0Rxfljas=} Expected: {l:32 b:ACovXPz1UfJ+9GN0gMYPx87rU63jIz+GRdif/bOaOlg=}2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    0000048e Hashes for file member \SystemRoot\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-tcpip-utility_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_none_8ebbe551688f295a\ROUTE.EXE do not match actual file [l:18{9}]"ROUTE.EXE" :  Found: {l:32 b:lmhvYOycnkwTn9lldxrVrHo0x+hYFN1fbxy0Rxfljas=} Expected: {l:32 b:ACovXPz1UfJ+9GN0gMYPx87rU63jIz+GRdif/bOaOlg=}2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    0000048f [SR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:46{23}]"??\C:\Windows\System32"[l:18{9}]"ROUTE.EXE"; source file in store is also corrupted2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    00000490 Hashes for file member \SystemRoot\WinSxS\amd64_hpoa1sd.inf_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_none_abdb7466c14b5a38\hpotscld.dll do not match actual file [l:24{12}]"hpotscld.dll" :  Found: {l:32 b:ciRQvxFWjujTSP0ybFShhjjg+Yie5lyWOCO1WAqOqEo=} Expected: {l:32 b:NhdP1HgohAwD7Az3hqNN9DrGHWOqA3K9SJRNGn9mdzk=}2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    00000491 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"hpotscld.dll" of hpoa1sd.inf, Version = 6.1.7600.16385, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64 (9), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type = [l:24{12}]"driverUpdate", TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    00000492 [SR] This component was referenced by [l:182{91}]"Microsoft-Windows-Client-Drivers-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd646.1.7600.16385.INF_hpoa1sd"2011-01-30 14:07:30, Info                  CSI    00000493 Repair results created:POQ 203 starts:

    POQ 203 starts:     0: Move File: Source = [l:192{96}]"\SystemRoot\WinSxS\Temp\PendingRenames\a448bba67ec0cb01cf58000048075007._0000000000000000.cdf-ms", Destination = [l:104{52}]"\SystemRoot\WinSxS\FileMaps\_0000000000000000.cdf-ms"    1: Move File: Source = [l:218{109}]"\SystemRoot\WinSxS\Temp\PendingRenames\a448bba67ec0cb01d058000048075007.program_files_ffd0cbfc813cc4f1.cdf-ms", Destination = [l:130{65}]"\SystemRoot\WinSxS\FileMaps\program_files_ffd0cbfc813cc4f1.cdf-ms"    2: Move File: Source = [l:252{126}]"\SystemRoot\WinSxS\Temp\PendingRenames\04aabda67ec0cb01d158000048075007.program_files_windows_defender_3e33901162166ae9.cdf-ms", Destination = [l:164{82}]"\SystemRoot\WinSxS\FileMaps\program_files_windows_defender_3e33901162166ae9.cdf-ms"    3: Move File: Source = [l:264{132}]"\SystemRoot\WinSxS\Temp\PendingRenames\04aabda67ec0cb01d258000048075007.program_files_windows_defender_en-us_a607fb510b9fff95.cdf-ms", Destination = [l:176{88}]"\SystemRoot\WinSxS\FileMaps\program_files_windows_defender_en-us_a607fb510b9fff95.cdf-ms"

    I than downloaded your reg key file and crashed explorer several times but no dump file gets created.

    Any help please?

    Thank you :)

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-01-27T22:09:50+00:00

    Hi Andre,

    Please could you have a look at my problem: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7performance/thread/6ea056be-4c8f-46da-b487-ff9e8405f533?prof=required&wa=wsignin1.0 it is really similar, and I have attached the dump files!

    also, if you can give me any tips on how to analyze the dump files (I have VS2010) it would be much appreciated.

    Many thanks,

    Robin


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