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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.
I have exactly the same problem. Performed everything Juni0r did but explorer still crashes (same error code). Uninstalled most of the software, so my Windows 7 64 bit almost as clean as new. Also once in a while on the sturt up I see a blue screen of death, thought would never see it since windows 98 but there it is. Reple reboot does the fix but that happened three times already.
Thank you for the feeddback Steve. My problem happens when I right click a file and then windows explorer crashes. The problem does not occur immediately, but like a couple of hours into usage. Once it crashes, anything I right click will cause windows explorer to crash. The only way to remedy this is restart the pc. There has to be a solution out there but I have not been lucky. Any help is appreciated.
My explorer crashes most of the time if I open folders (ie. documents, my computer..) As other people the issue usually doesn't start until my computer has been running for a while. I don't think a clean install will help with the issue since my computer has been having the issue since I got it. I also tried closing all third party shells with no luck.
A majority of my crashes happen when I right click on files like deleting, copy, cut, paste and etc. I don't understand there the problem lies after all the steps I have taken. No one seems to have a concrete answer.
