G
Guest
Guest
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)
I have Windows XP Professional SP1 on my Dell Dimension 8300.
Every few hours, just after I do something totally harmless like
double-clicking on a folder, I get the error popup, "Windows Explorer
has encountered an internal error and needs to close". Even though I
never opened Windows Explorer in the first place.
When I click on that dialog, the entire screen blanks out for a moment
showing just the background color. Then it returns but most of my
program icons in the Notification Area on the right side of the Toolbar
disappear permanently. They've even disappeared from "Taskbar and Start
Menu Properties." The only way I have been able to get the icons back
is to reboot.
I searched the Microsoft Knowledge Base and found a couple of instances
of that error message, but they don't match these symptoms I've experienced.
Any ideas?
--
Steven D. Litvintchouk
Email: sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net
Remove the NOSPAM before replying to me.
I have Windows XP Professional SP1 on my Dell Dimension 8300.
Every few hours, just after I do something totally harmless like
double-clicking on a folder, I get the error popup, "Windows Explorer
has encountered an internal error and needs to close". Even though I
never opened Windows Explorer in the first place.
When I click on that dialog, the entire screen blanks out for a moment
showing just the background color. Then it returns but most of my
program icons in the Notification Area on the right side of the Toolbar
disappear permanently. They've even disappeared from "Taskbar and Start
Menu Properties." The only way I have been able to get the icons back
is to reboot.
I searched the Microsoft Knowledge Base and found a couple of instances
of that error message, but they don't match these symptoms I've experienced.
Any ideas?
--
Steven D. Litvintchouk
Email: sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net
Remove the NOSPAM before replying to me.