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    Windows Explorer has stopped working

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by LinkinForcer, Nov 14, 2015.

  1. LinkinForcer

    LinkinForcer Notebook Consultant

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    Hey guys,

    Not sure but I wanted some opinions on this.

    I know this is a common error and in my case it happened because of the shell32.dll file.

    I happened to me right after booting up from a restored image on my SD using Macrium Reflect.

    I've used this software before and even restored this same image to the the same SSD I am using now without this problem.

    I wanted to see if you guys think I should restore the image again or should I not let this bother me because it has only happened once.

    Could this have just been a "hicup" in this system?

    What are your opinions?
     
    LinkinForcer, Nov 14, 2015
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    nick81 Notebook Evangelist

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    Did you check the logs in Event Viewer? It should show what caused explorer to crash
     
    nick81, Nov 14, 2015
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  3. LinkinForcer

    LinkinForcer Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah it was shell32.dll that caused the crash.
     
    LinkinForcer, Nov 14, 2015
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