explorer needs to close help pls

gooner045

Hi
I did a fresh install of xp pro sp2 about 3 months ago and ive never done update patchs, until under the influence of drink i did it a month ago and since then i'm having probs with explorer.exe needs to close and then it restarts. Its seems to be when I try to access either of my hard drives through the desktop the egg timer symbol flashes 5 times the shorcuts reload quickly and then i get the explorer needs to close box. In the events its listed as fault 1000 and i cant find anything on MS website that applies to me. Ive done countless spyware/malware/virus scans all clean. Do any of you out there no of any known issues with windows update that i can delete, windows downloaded 39 updates for me to play with and now i'm at a loss for what to do next other than a fresh install. the fault is explorer.exe ver 6.0.2900.3156 fault address 0x000118b8.
Any ideas would be great
Thanks

loudcox

The only reference I can find with to this reference is at http://www.castlecops.com/p1036136-Windows_Explorer_crashes_please_help.html so you may wish to trawl through the thread there.

Good luck, and sorry I can't help directly

Red_Rose_Exile

Try this

Go to Start | Run

Type in the following

regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

press enter, restart PC

gooner045

Thank you so much the regsvr option seems to have done the trick. I'm amazed how quickly you replied thanks again:beer:

Ive added windows update to the things not to do when drinking along with ebay, poker and roulette sites Thanks