Dialog box appears with ! sign in a yellow triangle appears while accessing Windows Explorer

Anonymous
2014-04-16T19:47:00+00:00

Original Title: explorer.exe file creating problem......     

i bought an hp laptop with genuine windows 8.....

earlier it operated nycly bt nw its encountering a problem. when i switch on my lapy the home screens comes in front of me bt without doing anything suddenly desktop opens & a dialog box appear with ! sign in a yellow triangle & written explorer.exe. m facing this problem for more thn a month & my laptop z also slowed down. i have thoroughly scanned my pc with avast internet security & windows defender bt no result came out except 3 viruses which i deleted on the spot.

if any person can help me out in getting rid of this problem i will b very thankful to him/her.

thank you.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-05-10T12:35:24+00:00

    sir i will definitely do this bt after sometime as m having my end sem exams frm 17/5 onwards thn will let u knw d status of computer

    thanks

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-05-10T13:05:38+00:00

    Hi Ashish,

    Thank you for keeping us posted. Please reply us with the results once you try the steps suggested in my earlier post. Best of luck for your exams.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-05-10T13:31:26+00:00

    sir m having a problem in installing imp windows updates...

    plz assist me wat to do in this case

    earlier i installed windows updates with ease.....

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-05-12T18:12:01+00:00

    Hi Ashish,

    Could you please let us know which are updates which you are not able to install?

    What happens when you try to install the update? Do you receive any error message?

    Please refer to the following link:

    Troubleshoot problems with installing updates

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows/troubleshoot-problems-installing-updates#1TC=windows-8

    Please reply us with the required information to assist you further.

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-05-12T21:52:13+00:00

    sir 1 was security related update

    2nd was normal one

    attaching screen shots

    i tried many times bt it showed "windows ran into a problem"

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