Explorer.exe

[Dmogomotsi]

My Ms XP Service pack 2 gives the following message when I try to run "Explorer.exe" - "To help protect Windows has closed this program". What should i do to display desktop icons

 

[sturm]

press ctrl-alt-del goto File - new task - explorer.exe.

If it fails again then goto C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386 and run the explorer.exe file that is in that directory.

Reboot.

If explorer.exe continues to fail goto C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386 and copy the explorer.exe file over to your C:\WINDOWS directory Click yes to replace.

Reboot

Hopefully it will start normal now. If not you have bigger problems.