Surface Pro 2017, Win 10 Pro x64: Explorer crash (Windows.UI.XamlHost.dll)

Anonymous
2018-01-04T03:56:25+00:00

Hi:

I have periodic explorer crashes on my Surface Pro 2017, Win Pro x64 (it is fully updated). The crash seems to occur periodically after a Hello Windows log-in (this occurs after the computer was sleeping rather than on a fresh boot). It seems to involve Windows.UI.XamlHost.dll based on the below.

When I look in the Event viewer I see errors like this:

Event ID 1000

Faulting application name: explorer.exe, version: 10.0.16299.125, time stamp: 0xfeba44fb

Faulting module name: Windows.UI.XamlHost.dll, version: 10.0.16299.15, time stamp: 0x00f27b8f

Exception code: 0xc0000409

Fault offset: 0x0000000000001db1

Faulting process id: 0x1880

Faulting application start time: 0x01d38282e4131af4

Faulting application path: C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe

Faulting module path: C:\Windows\System32\Windows.UI.XamlHost.dll

Report Id: 6e835576-b35e-4d24-b6ce-331b05fa2c55

Faulting package full name:

Faulting package-relative application ID:

If I click on Start > type "view all" then click on "View all problem reports Control panel" the "Windows Explorer" "Stopped working" errors and then double click on one I would get something like this:

Source

Windows Explorer

Summary

Stopped working

Date

‎11/‎26/‎2017 10:53 AM

Status

Report sent

Description

Faulting Application Path: C:\Windows\explorer.exe

Problem signature

Problem Event Name: BEX64

Application Name: Explorer.EXE

Application Version: 10.0.16299.15

Application Timestamp: 66e02565

Fault Module Name: Windows.UI.XamlHost.dll

Fault Module Version: 10.0.16299.15

Fault Module Timestamp: 00f27b8f

Exception Offset: 0000000000001db1

Exception Code: c0000409

Exception Data: 0000000000000007

OS Version: 10.0.16299.2.0.0.256.48

Locale ID: 1033

Additional Information 1: 2eb9

Additional Information 2: 2eb9591f0e04c7cfea277e3f34d3348f

Additional Information 3: 9333

Additional Information 4: 9333781589f3ec46cd357f0fda06eea0

Extra information about the problem

Bucket ID: 15f01e3e317a50b7b6bb92d1b9fc4f7c (116455065336)

I am at a loss to understand what the problem is here. I am glad to disable Hello Windows if this would end the problem. Thanks in advance for any help on this!

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-01-26T04:48:18+00:00

    Hi auggy:

    My explorer just crashed again. I sent you a link with the crashdump file. Let me know if you did not receive it

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-01-21T18:01:54+00:00

    You're welcome, and I'll look for your next post.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-01-21T17:49:08+00:00

    Thanks auggy. I just made the change. I will report back and post the dump when it occurs: My crashes are pretty irregular: sometimes as much as a week before it happens.

    Again thanks for the suggestion.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-01-21T15:05:42+00:00

    Hi,

    It may help to obtain a user mode dump of the Explorer crash to get more information on the crash.

    You can configure Windows to create user-mode dumps. Create a System Restore Point first.

    If you copy and paste the following in Notepad and save as a .reg file (save with the .reg extension and give it any name such as dump.reg), then right-click the .reg file and select "Merge" to add to the registry, a .dmp file at the time explorer.exe crashes should be created in the C:\CrashDumps folder:

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\LocalDumps\explorer.exe]"DumpFolder"=hex(2):43,00,3a,00,5c,00,43,00,72,00,61,00,73,00,68,00,44,00,75,\00,6d,00,70,00,73,00,00,00

    After Explorer (explorer.exe) crashes, can you then make the .dmp file available (provide link) via a public folder on OneDrive or similar site?

    Here's a link on using OneDrive:

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/onedrive/share-file-folder

    More info on collecting user-mode dumps:

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb787181(VS.85).aspx

    To stop the creation of the user mode dump files run the following registry file:

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

    [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\LocalDumps\explorer.exe]

    You can delete the C:\CrashDumps folder anytime.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-01-21T02:38:03+00:00

    No help. Same exact error.

    Rather than these generic suggestions lets start by having a specific definition of what this "Windows.UI.XamlHost.dll" module is. It is clearly the source of the problem.

    As an aside, every time I checked after this error Edge is unresponsive and has to be restarted via the task manager. I am not sure if this is a cause or effect.

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