From: Wadeer on
I get the normal Windows Error box, "Sorry for the inconvience but Windows
must shut down this application. Would you like to send a report? Yes or
No". This occurs frequently on my desktop unit which I use as my server, much
less frequently on my laptop.

"Olórin" wrote:

> Could do with more detail on what you mean by "crashes". Do you get any
> error messages? If so, please post the text.
>
> Is it perhaps that Windows Explorer "freezes" when you browse only certain
> folders, or folders containing certain files or types of files? Or that the
> process "explorer.exe" fails in some way?
>
> It might be worth having a look in the various Event Viewer logs for any
> clues at the time of the "crashes" (Start > Run > eventvwr.msc).
>
>
> "Wadeer" <Wadeer(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0EAD608E-C204-4243-A815-ED3AF4F76CDD(a)microsoft.com...
> > No, its also called "My Computer" It's used to display files and folders
> > and
> > usually crashes, or at least it does on most computers that runs XP that I
> > have used
> >
> > "Unknown" wrote:
> >
> >> Do you mean Internet Explorer by chance??????
> >> "Wadeer" <Wadeer(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:E210A0D1-4CFF-4349-B15A-10B9A9F4F8B3(a)microsoft.com...
> >> > Does anyone know of an after market equivalent to Windows Explorer. The
> >> > one
> >> > that shipped with XP seems currupted because it keeps crashing at the
> >> > least
> >> > opportune moment. Or if you know of a fix short of re-installing XP
> >> > that
> >> > would be great also.
> >>
> >>
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