How can I fix Windows 7 Explorer.EXE?

How can I fix Windows 7 Explorer.EXE?
I got a new hard drive for Christmas. Same type & version as mine, just more space (switched from 20gb to 40gb). I had Windows 7 on my old hard drive, so I knew it should work just fine with this one. I installed Windows 7 on this hard drive, & have been having problems with explorer.exe crashing. Sometimes, its at random, while other times, it is when I do specific things. Here are 3 different places it crashes on every time I hover over them on the task bar.

Show Desktop (at end of task bar)

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name:APPCRASH
Application Name:Explorer.EXE
Application Version:6.1.7600.16404
Application Timestamp:4a765076
Fault Module Name:StackHash_0a9e
Fault Module Version:0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp:00000000
Exception Code:c0000005
Exception Offset:00000001
OS Version:6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID:1033
Additional Information 1:0a9e
Additional Information 2:0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3:0a9e
Additional Information 4:0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

Multiple folders

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name:APPCRASH
Application Name:Explorer.EXE
Application Version:6.1.7600.16404
Application Timestamp:4a765076
Fault Module Name:Explorer.EXE
Fault Module Version:6.1.7600.16404
Fault Module Timestamp:4a765076
Exception Code:c0000005
Exception Offset:000044e8
OS Version:6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID:1033
Additional Information 1:0a9e
Additional Information 2:0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3:0a9e
Additional Information 4:0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

Multiple IE tabs

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name:APPCRASH
Application Name:Explorer.EXE
Application Version:6.1.7600.16404
Application Timestamp:4a765076
Fault Module Name:Explorer.EXE
Fault Module Version:6.1.7600.16404
Fault Module Timestamp:4a765076
Exception Code:c0000005
Exception Offset:000044e8
OS Version:6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID:1033
Additional Information 1:0a9e
Additional Information 2:0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3:0a9e
Additional Information 4:0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

I have scanned with my own & online virus scanners, defragged, updated drivers, etc, but nothing seems to work. This didn’t happen on my other hard drive. Does anyone know the cause of this? If so, how can I fix this?
Not INTERNET EXPLORER. I’m talking about explorer.exe, the main process of Windows.
RegCure is a no go.
1. It is NOT FREE. It will scan for free, but won’t fix errors for free.
2. Luckily, I have had RegCure before, so I was able to fix errors. It made my computer slightly faster, but no fix for explorer.exe. Now, it just does it quicker when I hover over something…

Best answer:

Download the new version of explorer from microsoft.com. THat easy!

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4 Comments for How can I fix Windows 7 Explorer.EXE?

  • 1. Etheral  |  August 21st, 2007 at 9:39 pm

    Get rid of Windows 7.

  • 2. Scharf  |  August 21st, 2007 at 9:40 pm

    If you have the windows 7 disk you can do a system repair. Start the machine from the disk. It loads up all the files needed. You will see a “Click R to repair”. That should do it. Now i dont know if win7 is like XP, where if you click R the first time you get a DOS window and that’s where you fix your broken hdd. If that happens, then start again and go past the first time your see “Click R to repair”. After it shows you your partition like C:window you will see “Click R to repair” a 2nd time. That is when you click R and the disk replaces all the critical files to run windows.

    Hope this helps. I have not had a single issue with windows 7 thus far.

    Good luck

  • 3. Sophia  |  August 21st, 2007 at 9:53 pm

    Hi,gokuguy321

    There are 3 step to repair windows 7 explorer.exe error

    If you got windows 7 explorer.exe error then there is a 94% chance that your computer has registry problems. I think your computer is already very dangerous, and you should fix it immediately. There are many ways to fix windows 7 explorer.exe error, according to my experience, I think the following method is very good, you can go and try it. I hope it can help you:

    * Step 1 – Download a windows 7 explorer.exe error repair tool,install this error repair tool.
    * Step 2 – Click the Repair All Button.It will scan you pc for Free.
    * Step 3 – Then click the Repair All Button again and your done! Enjoy it.

    Here are the url of windows 7 explorer.exe error repair tool:RepairErrorTips.com/ttfix-windows_7_explorer.exe_error-zz0001

  • 4. djff  |  November 23rd, 2010 at 4:56 am

    If you have the windows 7 disk you can do a system repair. Start the machine from the disk. It loads up all the files needed. You will see a “Click R to repair”. That should do it. Now i dont know if win7 is like XP, where if you click R the first time you get a DOS window and that’s where you fix your broken hdd. If that happens, then start again and go past the first time your see “Click R to repair”. After it shows you your partition like C:window you will see “Click R to repair” a 2nd time. That is when you click R and the disk replaces all the critical files to run windows.

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