Re: Problem with explorer
Posted: 25 Apr 2009, 12:55
I'd agree that explorer is on every PC. But it might be calling that DLL
because of some installed application. Right clicking on the desktop is
often to set the display settings that's why I thought it might be a driver.
You could also try replacing the DLL in the system32 folder with the one
from the i386 folder. (perhaps backup the original first before replacing
it)
Neil
"Jeffrey Needle" <jeff.needle@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I thought explorer.exe was on *every* computer, along with the specified
>dll file.
>
> On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:34:13 -0400, neil <neilp67_@_hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> If it's any help I don't have that file on my system. This might suggests
>> it's part of an installed application and not native to windows. Could
>> it be
>> something to do with your display driver if it errors only when you right
>> click in the desktop.
>> Neil
>>
>> "Jeffrey Needle" <jeff.needle@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:op.uswmwtouftg7du@d9ns6561...
>>> I hope this is the right place to ask this question.
>>>
>>> I'm having problems with Windows Explorer. It generally happens when I
>>> right-click on my desktop. The problem is that is error is sporadic --
>>> sometimes Windows works correctly, but many times it crashes.
>>>
>>> When the system crashes, I get an error message that the module in
>>> trouble
>>> is explorer.exe, and it references the mfc44.dll file.
>>>
>>> I've gone through my system and renamed the mfc44.dll's that exist on my
>>> system, keeping only the correctly named dll in \windows\system32. The
>>> version in c:\I386 would not allow the rename. This enabled me to see
>>> what would happen if Windows thought there was only the one copy of
>>> mfc44.dll on my system.
>>>
>>> This didn't help -- same problem.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts? Is there a repair tool available that I can use? My
>>> computer didn't come with a WinXP CD, so I don't have access to the
>>> repair
>>> tool on the CD.
>>>
>>> I'm on a Dell Desktop system, WinXP.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
>>
>>
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because of some installed application. Right clicking on the desktop is
often to set the display settings that's why I thought it might be a driver.
You could also try replacing the DLL in the system32 folder with the one
from the i386 folder. (perhaps backup the original first before replacing
it)
Neil
"Jeffrey Needle" <jeff.needle@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:op.uswvjgorftg7du@d9ns6561...
>I thought explorer.exe was on *every* computer, along with the specified
>dll file.
>
> On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:34:13 -0400, neil <neilp67_@_hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> If it's any help I don't have that file on my system. This might suggests
>> it's part of an installed application and not native to windows. Could
>> it be
>> something to do with your display driver if it errors only when you right
>> click in the desktop.
>> Neil
>>
>> "Jeffrey Needle" <jeff.needle@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:op.uswmwtouftg7du@d9ns6561...
>>> I hope this is the right place to ask this question.
>>>
>>> I'm having problems with Windows Explorer. It generally happens when I
>>> right-click on my desktop. The problem is that is error is sporadic --
>>> sometimes Windows works correctly, but many times it crashes.
>>>
>>> When the system crashes, I get an error message that the module in
>>> trouble
>>> is explorer.exe, and it references the mfc44.dll file.
>>>
>>> I've gone through my system and renamed the mfc44.dll's that exist on my
>>> system, keeping only the correctly named dll in \windows\system32. The
>>> version in c:\I386 would not allow the rename. This enabled me to see
>>> what would happen if Windows thought there was only the one copy of
>>> mfc44.dll on my system.
>>>
>>> This didn't help -- same problem.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts? Is there a repair tool available that I can use? My
>>> computer didn't come with a WinXP CD, so I don't have access to the
>>> repair
>>> tool on the CD.
>>>
>>> I'm on a Dell Desktop system, WinXP.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
>>
>>
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