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"Les" <completelyfalse@mailaddress.toavoid.spam> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> Vista Ultimate - fully up to date
>
> Just recently, after using for several months, I am getting a pop up dialog
> telling me Windows Explorer has stopped and do I want to restart it. I always
> choose restart and it will happily restart until the next time - which could
> be anything from 2 min to an hour. Also, it seems to be invoked quite often
> when I try to open a folder to view contents, but is not consistent in that I
> may open a folder several times and then Windows Explorer will stop on the
> next attempt.
>
> I can't pin down any particular function that will cause this, it has happened
> at all sorts of times, once even on restarting Vista after a Vista Update
> required it - sometimes Windows Explorer will just stop when I am reading
> email / surfing / playing solitaire etc - doesn't seem tied to any particular
> operation.
>
> Anyone hint at a fix? Or, perhaps, what/how to repair with an OEM installation
> CD?
>
> --
> regards,
> Les Hay, Livingston, Scotland