explorer.exe problem.

[I Took the Red Pill]

So I noticed today that all of my programs were running extra sluggishly, so I rebooted hoping that would help. Everything seems to be running at decent speed, but a new problem presents itself: when I log in, I get the wallpaper, but explorer doesn't boot up. So I tried going into the task manager and manually running explorer.exe. It comes onto the screen for a maximum of 5 seconds, and then disappears. So now I have to run all of my programs through task manager. I've tried a system restore to 2 days earlier, I've ran an AVG and Spybot scan and removed all spyware (no viruses presented themselves), and I've uninstalled programs recently installed that I thought might cause the issue. All of them unsuccesful.

So, any thoughts? Any help would be much appreciated.

[Odaisé Gaelach]

What version of Windows?

[I Took the Red Pill]

XP Media Center Edition.

[Odaisé Gaelach]

Did you change any settings or add new hardware recently?

[I Took the Red Pill]

Not that I can think of, excluding tweaking specific programs (ie uTorrent). Hardware, no.

[Odaisé Gaelach]

1) Does this happen in Safe Mode?

2) How does Explorer behave when you use another user account?

[I Took the Red Pill]

Well a trip to safe mode fixed it. Upon booting to safe mode, I was informed that the system restore I had previously attempted failed, so I system restored in Safe Mode to 3 days before, and it seems to have worked itself out. Still, I'm curious as to what the hell caused it in the first place. Anyways, thanks for your time OG :)

[Odaisé Gaelach]

Well a trip to safe mode fixed it. Upon booting to safe mode, I was informed that the system restore I had previously attempted failed, so I system restored in Safe Mode to 3 days before, and it seems to have worked itself out. Still, I'm curious as to what the hell caused it in the first place. Anyways, thanks for your time OG :)

Strange... :confused:

Still, glad you got it sorted out. :D