Problem Solved Thanks to Wolfeman and TSJ
Killer722
30-06-2006 10:46:26
Here's the story. My brother's folder wouldn't open up and he asked me which process in the Task Manager controls it. I told him that as far as I knew, "explorer.exe" controls all of windows, but to NOT END THE PROCESS. I come back 10 minutes later, and he fuckin ended it and now, my desktop and task bar are missing. I just need to know how to run explorer.exe again. I've tried the way through the task manager by running it but that didn't work.
Please, I really need to get this crap back.
Mucho +Kma for my hero.
theysayjump
30-06-2006 10:50:42
Ctrl+Alt+Delete.
File, New task, Browse. Go to your Windows folder, System32 folder and then find the explorer.exe file. If it's not there, go back to the Windowsfolder, then ServicePackFiles older, 1386 folder and then there should be a backup in there.
Killer722
30-06-2006 10:53:07
TSJ, I appreciate the help and like I said in my post, I tried the running it through the Task Manager and honestly, I thought that would work, but whenever explorer.exe comes up in the Process list, it disappears 2 seconds later and the task bar on the bottom appears but only in a slight flash...
Why not try rebooting? That always seems to work for me.
Killer722
30-06-2006 10:55:47
I tried rebooting on several occasions, but nothing...
doylnea
30-06-2006 10:56:09
[quote9f6e46a7d0="Psyc"]Why not try rebooting? That always seems to work for me.[/quote9f6e46a7d0]
YA SRSLY
Wolfeman
30-06-2006 10:58:32
You might need to do a system restore or if you have your XP disc try booting from that and doing a repair. Try booting to Safe Mode and see if the task bar is there...
theysayjump
30-06-2006 10:59:11
What other processes do you have running?
Killer722
30-06-2006 10:59:53
I tried safe mode and no dice and system restore is risky, but I may have to do it. I don't have my XP disc so yea, my life sucks.
bballp6699
30-06-2006 11:02:33
I highly doubt this all happened because your brother killed the explorer.exe. I've done it numerous times and all I had to do was restart. Your PC might just be a sack of shit?
theysayjump
30-06-2006 11:04:40
[quoteac3a9f035d="bballp6699"]I highly doubt this all happened because your brother killed the explorer.exe. I've done it numerous times and all I had to do was restart. Your PC might just be a sack of shit?[/quoteac3a9f035d]
Or there's more to the story (watching porn, acquired some spyware, explorere=dead) he's not telling us.
Killer722
30-06-2006 11:06:22
Here is my task manager
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TSJ, that's it. I have more spyware and virus protection than I'll ever need, and porn can't do shit to stop it. I wasn't watching porn, I wasn't even at the computer. There is something wrong because I know sure as hell that it should open.
theysayjump
30-06-2006 11:06:48
Try this
File, New task, Browse. Go to your Windows folder, ServicePackFiles older, 1386 folder. Right-click, copy, go back to your Windows Folder, then System32 folder, right click, paste, reboot.
bballp6699
30-06-2006 11:10:09
Something tells me that TSJ is doing your google research for you...
theysayjump
30-06-2006 11:11:06
Actually this just happened to me recetly due to Spyware. wink
bballp6699
30-06-2006 11:15:11
Gotcha.
Wolfeman
30-06-2006 11:15:59
its i386 not 1386...
theysayjump
30-06-2006 11:20:38
Tru dat, not sure why I typed 1. shrug
Killer722
30-06-2006 11:23:57
[quotef84887bb43="theysayjump"]Try this
File, New task, Browse. Go to your Windows folder, ServicePackFiles older, 1386 folder. Right-click, copy, go back to your Windows Folder, then System32 folder, right click, paste, reboot.[/quotef84887bb43]
Do I copy the physical i386 folder or just the contents and past them into system32? Does that even matter?
theysayjump
30-06-2006 11:24:57
Neither.
You want to copy the explorer.exe that is foudn in the i386 folder, into the Windows folder.
Killer722
30-06-2006 11:25:45
[quote601a9ed702="theysayjump"]Neither.
You want to copy the explorer.exe that is foudn in the i386 folder, into the Windows folder.[/quote601a9ed702]
Oh alright, but I paste it into system32, right?
theysayjump
30-06-2006 11:26:40
[quote3daf6f8fd8="theysayjump"]Neither.
You want to copy the explorer.exe that is foudn in the i386 folder, into the Windows folder.[/quote3daf6f8fd8]
Killer722
30-06-2006 11:28:05
[quotedcc0fa1858="theysayjump"][quotedcc0fa1858="theysayjump"]Neither.
You want to copy the explorer.exe that is foudn in the i386 folder, into the Windows folder.[/quotedcc0fa1858][/quotedcc0fa1858]
Then why did you say system32? If you mentioned it, it has to serve some purpose. What kind of crazy world is this?
Also, the Windows folder already has an explorer.exe...
theysayjump
30-06-2006 11:29:28
Yeah that part was a mistake, I copied from my previous post and neglected to edit that out.
The explorer.exe goes from the i386 folder into the Windows folder (don't move it, just copy it).
Try this if copying it doesn't work
http//www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
Killer722
30-06-2006 11:30:31
[quote25314d34d4="theysayjump"]Yeah that part was a mistake, I copied from my previous post and neglected to edit that out.
The explorer.exe goes from the i386 folder into the Windows folder (don't move it, just copy it).[/quote25314d34d4]
Oh ok, and do I replace the other explorer.exe that's in the windows folder?
I'm off to reboot. Karma for you TSJ, thanks for the help.
Killer722
30-06-2006 11:43:12
One last question...
Where can I access System Restore? I usuall get to it from the Start menu, but that's gone...
Wolfeman
30-06-2006 11:57:38
[code1b086d6193a]%SystemRoot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe[/code1b086d6193a]
System Restore isn't that risky, its actually a pretty helpful tool to fix corrupted files...
bballp6699
30-06-2006 11:58:27
You have used up your maximum allowed questions for the day. Please try again tomorrow.
Thank you.
Killer722
30-06-2006 11:59:29
[quote8b6e7124f9="Wolfeman"][code18b6e7124f9]%SystemRoot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe[/code18b6e7124f9]
System Restore isn't that risky, its actually a pretty helpful tool to fix corrupted files...[/quote8b6e7124f9]
Thanks Wolf, you da man.
double_d
30-06-2006 12:59:57
[quote59066a9070="bballp6699"]You have used up your maximum allowed questions for the day. Please try again tomorrow.
Thank you.[/quote59066a9070]
Hahahaha! +KMA
Wolfeman
30-06-2006 13:21:04
Glad the problem was solved. I don't mind answering computer questions, its what I do for a living...