Error Message - Cannot open Windows Explorer

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System Restore should get you back to the place before that registry corruption happened.

Boot to Safe Mode With Command Prompt (F8 on restart)

HOW TO Start System Restore Tool from Command Prompt (Q304449):
http://support.microsoft.com/suppo [...] 4/4/49.asp

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Mark L. Ferguson
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"Cannot open Windows Explorer" <Cannot open Windows Explorer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I can't open Windows Explorer. I get the following error report/exception any
> time I open any application using windows explorer . I can't open Internet
> Explorer as well. The error report contains the following
>
> Address: 0x0775202d0
> Recrord: 0x0000000000
> Code: 0xc00000005
> Flags: 0x00000000
>
> It looks like some sort of corruption. Not sure what caused it, since I
> haven't installed any new programs recently. The problem started after the
> explorer window failed to open when I was trying to start it up, while having
> another application (Olympus camera picture viewer) open.
>
> Now, I can't do anything including access the Control Panel.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated. I'm running XP Home Edition.
>
> Thanks.