I was in the middle of updating windows and my nvidia driver when both reported an error and closed. At that point I noticed that the desktop was going and coming until finally it disappeared and hasn't come back. I checked the windows folder and explorer.exe isn't there. Does anyone have any advice?
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Explorer.exe is gone, how can I get it back?
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The first couple times it brought the desktop back briefly. Since those first couple reboots it has failed to make any noticeable difference.
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You only tell a possible cause for your troubles (there's no explorer.exe). But you don't tell what happens when it isn't found.
Anyway, I checked my Win XP system. I found 2 identical copies. One in c:\windows, one in c:\windows\servicepackfiles\i386. So I would boot into the recovery console and copy that spare one to its right place.
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When it isn't found there's no desktop.
There is no "servicepackfiles" folder in the windows folder.
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Get your XP CD, boot into the recovery console and run sfc /scannow.
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/ht/sfc-scannow.htm tells how.
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