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| Explorer crashing/Control Panel Ladies and Gentlemen, I have a problem that I am hoping you can help me with. OS is RC2 x86, it's been running very well until today, when trying to access the Control Panel, I keep getting the message the "Windows Explorer has stopped working", yada, yada, yada. I can get to all of the "tools" from C:\Windows\System32, or if I go toStart-Computer and then hit the down arrow for Control Panel I can get to and use all of them *except* for Network and Sharing. If I try and bring up that window it will crash. I changed the view to display as a menu and when I hover the cursor over the icon for CP (I don't even have to click) it crashes. The same thing if I put it on the desktop as a shortcut. It seems to me to be someway linked to Network and Sharing, but for the life of me I don't know what or how. I'm open to any and all ideas Ray |
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| Re: Explorer crashing/Control Panel Ray-- 1) You can usually access Network and Sharing on the Start Menu. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921070/en-us 2) Type control panel in help and when it comes up just click in the address bar to the right of control panel and you should be able to access it and click it. CH "Ray " <someone@mydomain.com> wrote in message news:uc1DqZVMHHA.4708@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Ladies and Gentlemen, I have a problem that I am hoping you can help me > with. > > OS is RC2 x86, it's been running very well until today, when trying to > access the Control Panel, I keep getting the message the "Windows Explorer > has stopped working", yada, yada, yada. > > I can get to all of the "tools" from C:\Windows\System32, or if I go > toStart-Computer and then hit the down arrow for Control Panel I can get > to and use all of them *except* for Network and Sharing. If I try and > bring up that window it will crash. I changed the view to display as a > menu and when I hover the cursor over the icon for CP (I don't even have > to click) it crashes. > The same thing if I put it on the desktop as a shortcut. > > It seems to me to be someway linked to Network and Sharing, but for the > life of me I don't know what or how. I'm open to any and all ideas > > Ray |
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| Re: Explorer crashing/Control Panel Thanks Chad, I never tried that way to get there, but I have a feeling that wouldn't have worked either. I did fix it though, I went looking in the Event logs and found references to Explorer errors and a module ALSNDMGR.CPL (why can't you copy from those windows). Google told me it was a component of RealTek drivers, Bingo, I had recently updated those drivers to try and fix a sound problem that actually turned out to be a problem with video drivers, go figure. I removed the Realtek drivers, rebooted and let Vista do it's thing. It found the hardware, installed drivers and away I go. Ray "Chad Harris" <fixvista-itneedsit.net> wrote in message news:%23aBRO3bMHHA.3944@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Ray-- > > 1) You can usually access Network and Sharing on the Start Menu. > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921070/en-us > > 2) Type control panel in help and when it comes up just click in the > address bar to the right of control panel and you should be able to access > it and click it. > > CH > > "Ray " <someone@mydomain.com> wrote in message > news:uc1DqZVMHHA.4708@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Ladies and Gentlemen, I have a problem that I am hoping you can help me >> with. >> >> OS is RC2 x86, it's been running very well until today, when trying to >> access the Control Panel, I keep getting the message the "Windows >> Explorer >> has stopped working", yada, yada, yada. >> >> I can get to all of the "tools" from C:\Windows\System32, or if I go >> toStart-Computer and then hit the down arrow for Control Panel I can get >> to and use all of them *except* for Network and Sharing. If I try and >> bring up that window it will crash. I changed the view to display as a >> menu and when I hover the cursor over the icon for CP (I don't even have >> to click) it crashes. >> The same thing if I put it on the desktop as a shortcut. >> >> It seems to me to be someway linked to Network and Sharing, but for the >> life of me I don't know what or how. I'm open to any and all ideas >> >> Ray > |
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