sometimes when I open EXPLORER

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In newsPLS9eLhFHA.3912@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
erik <fox44REMOVETHIS@c.dk> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Hi
> When I do my hobby (transscribing 400 years old doc's) I have a
> folder open + 5 to 20 pictures open (2Mb each) with Ms Photo Editor
> (which serve my purpos perfectly) + Access + a genealogy program.
> I do not think that 2.2GHz, 1Gb ram is stressed, not much is running
> when I type and only half the ram is used. I have Norton AV +
> AdAwareAdWatch + MsAntiSpyware + ZoneAlarm running.
> From time to time I want to open another folder and click EXPLORER -
> then all programs is minimised, the disktopicons dissapear (together
> with the icons down right besides the clock) only wallpaper is seen
> and then sort of refresh the disktop but the icon down right has gone
> and no folders or explorer opens and my carefully arrenged
> open-program-order is spoiled :-( What is happening ?

Explorer is crashing. Run the desktop (you've plenty of RAM for this tweak)
as a separate process:

Explorer as a Separate Process :
http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/tips/sep_explorer.html

It may not always help everyone but it's generally just the ticket for most
people. It uses an additional 8 MB of RAM or so on most systems and it's the
best resource spending I've found for the random Explorer crashes.

Galen
--

"But there are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world
without them."

Sherlock Holmes