"Alister" wrote:

>
> Don't forget that explorer.exe is the process responsible for providing
> you with a desktop, start menu and taskbar, so if you open a My Computer
> or any other browsing window you *will* see two processes, this is
> normal behaviour.
>
> It sounds like in your efforts to stop this you may have broken something!
>
> Try doing a system restore back to before you started changing things -
> and also check for malware infestation.
>
> Alister
>

Thanks for that. I don't recall changing anything, necessarily. All I've
mentioned is that I've tried booting to safe mode and killing processes,
deleting reg keys that set themselves back up again... if anything, the
setup's the same as when I started looking at it.

Unfortunately the machine hasn't had System Restore enabled, so that isn't
an option. I have also run through scans from Windows Defender, MalwareBytes
AntiMalware and Adaware, as well as Kaspersky Anti-Virus, none of which seems
to have picked any problems out other than tracking cookies.

Also, to my recollection, regarding the multiple processes: I've always
noticed a single process for explorer.exe on every other XP install I've
used. Perhaps this isn't a great way of working, but if the one process is
capable of firing multiple folders, why do you need two processes to do the
job?

Surely I'd be able to tick a folder view option without it setting itself
back again without my knowledge?