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Hello,
I have been been getting random windows explorer crashes. I am on windows 7 64 bit version. Here are my most recent event error logs from the past day:
Faulting application name: explorer.exe, version: 6.1.7600.16404, time stamp: 0x4a765771
Faulting module name: ole32.dll, version: 6.1.7600.16385, time stamp: 0x4a5be01a
Exception code: 0xc000041d
Fault offset: 0x00000000000fd7d2
Faulting process id: 0xd50
Faulting application start time: 0x01ca7a1f2eeaa801
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\explorer.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\system32\ole32.dll
Report Id: 8443a25b-e612-11de-b2bf-00241dd95063
Faulting application name: explorer.exe, version: 6.1.7600.16404, time stamp: 0x4a765771
Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 6.1.7600.16385, time stamp: 0x4a5be02b
Exception code: 0xc000041d
Fault offset: 0x0000000000051d1e
Faulting process id: 0xe4c
Faulting application start time: 0x01ca7a1f2529a482
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\explorer.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
Report Id: 693e437f-e612-11de-b2bf-00241dd95063
Faulting application name: explorer.exe, version: 6.1.7600.16404, time stamp: 0x4a765771
Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 6.1.7600.16385, time stamp: 0x4a5be02b
Exception code: 0xc000041d
Fault offset: 0x000000000003202d
Faulting process id: 0xc0c
Faulting application start time: 0x01ca7a1f1fd0ed44
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\explorer.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
Report Id: 60915f9f-e612-11de-b2bf-00241dd95063
Faulting application name: Explorer.EXE, version: 6.1.7600.16404, time stamp: 0x4a765771
Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 6.1.7600.16385, time stamp: 0x4a5be02b
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0000000000051da0
Faulting process id: 0xec0
Faulting application start time: 0x01ca7a0ae19e0193
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
Report Id: 5954bcb3-e612-11de-b2bf-00241dd95063
Faulting application name: Explorer.EXE, version: 6.1.7600.16404, time stamp: 0x4a765771
Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 6.1.7600.16385, time stamp: 0x4a5be02b
Exception code: 0xc0000374
Fault offset: 0x00000000000c6cd2
Faulting process id: 0xa78
Faulting application start time: 0x01ca79eaf10a6bca
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
Report Id: 1b5944ff-e5fe-11de-b2bf-00241dd95063
The crashes do not stall my system its just that the pop up window shows up saying I have restart windows explorer again. I'm wondering if its a program I installed or something else. I do not want to reinstall windows 7 in order to fix this problem. Any help is appreciated. Please let me know if more information is required. Thank you.
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Continual Windows Explorer crashes. Depending on my activity, how many windows/programs I was opening and closing as often as every few minutes.
For me, it was the Trend Micro Internet Security Suite. I took that out, life is good again and my new computer is finally performing as I expected it would.
A pity, I've been with them since they were PCCillin.
Exactly same problem here. Random crashes with file operations & browsing after few hours of uptime. I dont think the problem is related to Adobe Reader.. Cheers, Rene
Hi, are you using Firefox 3.5 and private browsing feature? If yes, disable the feature or upgrade to Firefox 3.6 (this version fixed that bug).
If not please download this reg file from my SkyDrive:
and make a double click on the file to import it.
When the explorer crashes, you can find a dmp file under C:\Localdumps. Please upload the file to your public Skydrive folder and post the link here. I take at the dump, maybe I can see the cause.
André
"A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" CLIP- Stellvertreter http://www.winvistaside.de/
"alienG" wrote in message news:86a4f3be-8b60-468f-86e8-e10b8d1a6fd0...
> I don't think you quite understand. Windows 7 has some major
> stability issues. I have a clean install of Win7 with very few
> applications installed and, like many others, I'm experiencing
> frequent and unreasonable crashes.
You should be aware that despite what you say, there are many others
who have *never* had a crash. I've been running Windows 7 here since
it was released, and Windows 7 RC before that, from the time RC was
released until the final version was released. It's been *completely*
stable here, and I've never experienced a single crash.
I know many others who have had an experience with it like mine.
> Am I to take it that any badly written 3rd party program has the
> power to cause havok across the entire Win7 OS? When those exact
> same programs ran perfectly on WinXP and caused no issues?
I run a large number and a wide variety of programs here, so the
chances that some of them may be badly-written are significant.
Nevertheless, nothing has played havoc with Windows 7.
From the information you provide, I can't tell you what your problem
is, but I can tell you that it has to do with your particular
environment (hardware problems, malware infection, etc.), not with
Windows 7 in general.
--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Ken Blake
I don't think you quite understand. Windows 7 has some major stability issues. I have a clean install of Win7 with very few applications installed and, like many others, I'm experiencing frequent and unreasonable crashes.
Am I to take it that any badly written 3rd party program has the power to cause havok across the entire Win7 OS? When those exact same programs ran perfectly on WinXP and caused no issues?
If so, that is a bad reflection on Win7, i think.
