Comments on: Windows XP explorer.exe missing or corrupt

By: Omtaydusk

Omtaydusk — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 02:19:00 +0000

Right now I’m trying to figure this out and I tried the reg fix and it didn’t work (I’m using my phone so I can view this)
I ran it and it said “cannot import …. The specifed file is not a registry script
You can only import binary registry files from within the editor”
I seriously need this to work cause I have school crap to do and I need like 5 hours to get it done and libraries only offer 2. My computer works with the ethernet cord but wireless is dead without the explorer.exe

By: Favha Pds

Favha Pds — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:26:00 +0000

thank you so much,
the information can help my problem
best regards

By: DiYKiD

DiYKiD — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:41:29 +0000

Thank you for figuring this out… saved me alot of time and my computer!

By: Otis

Otis — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 19:42:46 +0000

Thanks, got hit by a virus and it wiped out the explorer. Your fix solved the problem. Many Thanks

By: Karl with a K

Karl with a K — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:35:43 +0000

Thanks for this fix.
So far it is working. Unfortunately the problem happened at the worst time possible and I failed an exam. But! My computer is now fixed and I didn’t have to get it re-imaged.

Thanks!

By: Di

Di — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:06:33 +0000

Thank you so much, you have no idea how much you saved me, after 6 hours of doing everything including reinstalling windows, I found this site. It was fixed in a matter of seconds. If only I found this site sooner.

By: manish bansal

manish bansal — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 06:40:55 +0000

Thank you…

I had a same problem in window XP now it works fine….

Thank You…

By: arrythmia

arrythmia — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:35:49 +0000

This post pointed me in the correct direction and I was able to solve the same problem. Just one more thing, after I had done the regedit part, explorer still did not start immediately so I deleted explorer.exe in C:\WINDOWS, then tried running explorer again from task manager and it worked like a charm.

Thanks.

By: steve h

steve h — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:05:56 +0000

Thanks guys works a treat

By: Dave F

Dave F — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:56:23 +0000

Thanks – you nailed it. The Registry key was set to the windows movie maker. And oddly enough, CA’s virus scan (when the machine was last usable) trapped movie maker as having a virus. Didn’t put two and two together until I saw the reg key with the movie maker program in it as a value.

THANKS!
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