Windows Explorer.exe won't activate on startup...it takes 20-30 minuets to activate

Petersarus · Mar 4, 2015

Every time I boot up I can get to the log in window/page - I will log in without a problem but then explorer.exe decides that it doesn't want to work properly and I get a black screen however after 20 ish minuets explorer decides it's ready to run and works. The catch is that I can still see my mouse pointer and with some fandangling I can get the task manager to come up (Ctrl+alt+delete) and restart windows explorer.ece (now this works however It is quite annoying to have to do it every time)
I don't know if it matters but This device is a Toshiba Laptop which was running Windows 7 but was updated to 8.1

I don't have any of the operating/software discs anymore I moved recently and lost them in the move

*****Things that I've already tried that didn't work*****
Going into Regedit to run as admin to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" - Value Data only had explorer.exe in it. closed down and restarted.

Then tried going into safemode and running "sfc /scannow" through cmd.exe & got "windows resource protection found corrupt files but were unable to fix some of them. Details are included in the CBS.log win\logs\cbs\cbs.log. For support offline servicing scenarios"...
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Again any help/insight would be awesome - This is really annoying and i'd rather not take it to a "PC repair" place for them to tell me it'll be 100+ bucks to "fix" it

FALC0N · Mar 4, 2015

Try power cycling the machine. Unplug it, or if it's a laptop, remove the battery.

This issue is often caused by fast boot. I typically shut down fast boot because I see this issue so often.

Petersarus · Mar 4, 2015

how would I deactivate fast boot?

Petersarus · Mar 4, 2015

FALC0N :

So I tried cycling through power which resulted in a No change... :/

FALC0N · Mar 4, 2015

Did you unplug or just turn off?

FALC0N · Mar 4, 2015

Fast boot setting are in the control panel under power management.

Petersarus · Mar 4, 2015

FALC0N :

both - and got nothing

FALC0N · Mar 4, 2015

http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-disable-or-enable-fast-startup-in-windows-8-1/

FALC0N · Mar 4, 2015

Could be something else this time. But EVERY time I have seen this in person, it ended up being fast boot.

Petersarus · Mar 4, 2015

alright well i'm giving it a try - we'll see if it works.. and if not back to the drawing boards..

Petersarus · Mar 4, 2015

Alright..that also didn't work - Anything else that you might know off the top of your head FALC0N?

FALC0N · Mar 5, 2015

Well, maybe explorer is being lock up by your security software. Try deactivating your security software and any startup programs. See if its one of those guys. I have seen that a few times as well.

FALC0N · Mar 5, 2015

Also, if you haven't done it already, be sure do a full power cycle after shutting down fast boot.

Petersarus · Mar 5, 2015

ok well I don't have that option to change/deactivate/disable the security software - it's set to "automatic" and won't allow me to change it (in safemode and running as admin...) - any other option?

FALC0N · Mar 5, 2015

Launch Msconfig and uncheck all startup programs. Restart. See if that helps. If not, lauch MS config again and uncheck all the services. If its not happening in safe mode, then one of those programs is causing the issue. Process of elimination will tell us which one.

Petersarus · Mar 6, 2015

Currently all the start up programs are disabled - I'm unable to un check the programs - also should I disable the programs that are currently running and not "stopped"

Petersarus · Mar 6, 2015

Victory - after unchecking all of the "stopped" programs from the msconfig tab of services it went directly to the desktop after logging in - granted I now have to determin the program that is causing it to not run - though now I have 149 program services to go through to see whether or not the problem happens again - also what should I do when I discover the problem? (How should I go about removing it, if that's the right thing to say... Idk?)

Petersarus · Mar 6, 2015

Also what's the likelihood that whatever I do during safe mode will transfer over and work properly when it's not in safe mode?

FALC0N · Mar 6, 2015

It should. If shutting down startup programs and services didn't do the trick, drivers would seem to be the next step.

Petersarus · Mar 6, 2015

New update I've unchecked everything and then went through it in safe mode Re checking things and everything ran perfectly in safe mode so now I'm attempting to run it without safe mode so we'll see?

Petersarus · Mar 6, 2015

Ok well that didn't work out side of safe mode... how doI check the drivers - back into safe mode?

Windows Explorer.exe won't activate on startup...it takes 20-30 minuets to activate

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