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Question

explorer.exe keeps restarting every second

Apr 13, 2017 11:23AM PDT

Hi
today i got this error
i tried to install an app that changes the theme of my windows,
when it finished explorer.exe keeps restarting please help
its urgent
currently i force stopped explorer.exe pls help!!!

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Clarification Request
Can you get into Safe Mode ?
Apr 13, 2017 11:27AM PDT

Do a System Restore to a time when the comp worked ...............

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yes, but
Apr 13, 2017 11:29AM PDT

i need my files

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Return it to just before you installed that stuff
Apr 13, 2017 11:31AM PDT
Wink
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(NT) will i lose anything?
Apr 13, 2017 11:32AM PDT
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Re: lose
Apr 13, 2017 12:03PM PDT

All you can lose: the problem that stops Explorer behaving as it does now. It's not sure it helps, but it won't harm. If you don't know how to start System Restore, better google that first.

However, it's not really clear what happens. After all, the first thing you see of Explorer is the desktop. If you see the desktop and it's stable, Explorer is not restarting. And that makes me wonder under what conditions it restarts every second and what happens then. After an hour you would have 3600 Explorers open, and that seems enough to totally stop Windows.

Moreover, since theme settings are user dependent, does this happen only in one Windows account, or does it happen in all Windows accounts you login to?

Post was last edited on April 13, 2017 12:11 PM PDT

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No
Apr 13, 2017 12:07PM PDT

Not if there's a restore point to just before you installed the junk that is giving you problems.....