Windows Explorere repeatedly crashes in Vista

**Anilrgowda** · 31-Aug-2007, 12:00 AM

Question: I have two different machines, one an HP Laptop, the other an eMachine desktop. The laptop has Vista Home Premium (OEM) and the desktop has Vista Home Basic (OEM). Both machines boot into Vista just fine, but as soon as you do anything at all, explorer.exe crashes with the error "Windows Explorer has stopped working". It then checks for a solution (nothing found) and restarts Explorer. It then immediately crashes (within 5 seconds) and goes through the cycle again and again, non stop.

There is no repair installation for XP, and booting from the CD disables the upgrade option. I've tried booting into safe mode, but it does the same thing there.

How do I fix this with out doing a fresh install and losing all program installs?

**Anilrgowda** · 31-Aug-2007, 12:00 AM

Found this page where uninstalling something variously called Windows Warning or Windows Safety Alert needs to be uninstalled and then the error message goes away:

Windows Explorer has stopped working. Windows Explorer is restarting. - Desktop reloads - TechNet Forums

A quote:

OMG!! That error pop up error message was driving me NUTS!!! Thanks to you It is all gone...If you get to control panel, then programs, then programs & features, look for "windows warning" or "windows safety alert" (which is what mine said) then right clicked on it to uninstall, when it asks you to reboot, dont click yes just click cancel and Immediately the error message disappeared. Thank you soooooooooo much!!--

31-Aug-2007, 12:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
Anilrgowda Administrator Posts: 18,715 Join Date: Jan 2006 Rep Power: 10 IM:	Windows Explorere repeatedly crashes in Vista Question: I have two different machines, one an HP Laptop, the other an eMachine desktop. The laptop has Vista Home Premium (OEM) and the desktop has Vista Home Basic (OEM). Both machines boot into Vista just fine, but as soon as you do anything at all, explorer.exe crashes with the error "Windows Explorer has stopped working". It then checks for a solution (nothing found) and restarts Explorer. It then immediately crashes (within 5 seconds) and goes through the cycle again and again, non stop. There is no repair installation for XP, and booting from the CD disables the upgrade option. I've tried booting into safe mode, but it does the same thing there. How do I fix this with out doing a fresh install and losing all program installs? ------------------

31-Aug-2007, 12:00 AM	#2 (permalink)
Anilrgowda Administrator Posts: 18,715 Join Date: Jan 2006 Rep Power: 10 IM:	Re: Windows Explorere repeatedly crashes in Vista Found this page where uninstalling something variously called Windows Warning or Windows Safety Alert needs to be uninstalled and then the error message goes away: Windows Explorer has stopped working. Windows Explorer is restarting. - Desktop reloads - TechNet Forums A quote: OMG!! That error pop up error message was driving me NUTS!!! Thanks to you It is all gone...If you get to control panel, then programs, then programs & features, look for "windows warning" or "windows safety alert" (which is what mine said) then right clicked on it to uninstall, when it asks you to reboot, dont click yes just click cancel and Immediately the error message disappeared. Thank you soooooooooo much!!-- ------------------

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