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As this site has solved some unbelievable problems (BSOD's and others) on my notebook system. I now have a problem on my desktop with an incessantly looping "Windows Explorer has stopped working....Windows Explorer is Restarting". This occurs when running in regular Windows 7 mode, as well as Safe Mode. The intervals are approx. every 10 seconds, which makes it almost impossible to try any repairs. I have tried everything to my knowledge (I am not a technician, but consider myself fairly good at troubleshooting from years of experience). I have gone to restore points, was able to run SFC using the command prompt without any integrity findings. I would rather not reinstall the system because of the vast number of programs I have installed.

I haven't been able run Malwarebytes or any other windows diagnostics software because Explorer keeps crashing every 10 minutes. I thought of Malware because of the inability to run anything long enough to function.

Any prior experiences with something like this?

Thanks.

<blockquote data-quote="Amcgrap" data-source="post: 33642" data-attributes="member: 228">As this site has solved some unbelievable problems (BSOD&#039;s and others) on my notebook system. I now have a problem on my desktop with an incessantly looping &quot;Windows Explorer has stopped working....Windows Explorer is Restarting&quot;. This occurs when running in regular Windows 7 mode, as well as Safe Mode. The intervals are approx. every 10 seconds, which makes it almost impossible to try any repairs. I have tried everything to my knowledge (I am not a technician, but consider myself fairly good at troubleshooting from years of experience). I have gone to restore points, was able to run SFC using the command prompt without any integrity findings. I would rather not reinstall the system because of the vast number of programs I have installed.I haven&#039;t been able run Malwarebytes or any other windows diagnostics software because Explorer keeps crashing every 10 minutes. I thought of Malware because of the inability to run anything long enough to function.Any prior experiences with something like this?Thanks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Amcgrap, post: 33642, member: 228"] As this site has solved some unbelievable problems (BSOD's and others) on my notebook system. I now have a problem on my desktop with an incessantly looping "Windows Explorer has stopped working....Windows Explorer is Restarting". This occurs when running in regular Windows 7 mode, as well as Safe Mode. The intervals are approx. every 10 seconds, which makes it almost impossible to try any repairs. I have tried everything to my knowledge (I am not a technician, but consider myself fairly good at troubleshooting from years of experience). I have gone to restore points, was able to run SFC using the command prompt without any integrity findings. I would rather not reinstall the system because of the vast number of programs I have installed. I haven't been able run Malwarebytes or any other windows diagnostics software because Explorer keeps crashing every 10 minutes. I thought of Malware because of the inability to run anything long enough to function. Any prior experiences with something like this? Thanks. [/QUOTE]

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