[SOLVED] explorer.exe commonly crashing

[AlmondJoy]

A variety of actions cause explorer.exe to crash and restart. Some examples:

-Right clicking taskbar and opening settings (settings doesn't open)
-Opening start menu and clicking settings or change account settings (settings opens)
-Opening cortana (cortana crashes)
-Typing anything into the run menu (opening the run menu is fine)

What I've tried to do that didn't fix the problem:
-Restart computer
-Disable all third party shell extensions with shellexview
-Run Avira scan
-Run Malwarebytes scan
-Run CCleaner
-Reinstall different stable graphics drivers (gtx 660)
-Attempted to reset windows 10 with USB (couldn't complete reset for some reason)
-sfc /scannow fixed some registry errors and nothing changed

Important info:
-I did have classic shell installed, my guess is it didn't uninstall properly.
-My mlang.dll might be corrupted

Haven't found anyone online who had quite the same problem. I might solve the problem myself, I'll post the solution if I do. Any other help is appreciated!

 

[AlmondJoy]

One error kept leading to another kept leading to another. I figure the issue involved multiple corrupt system files or registries but I'm not sure. Bit the bullet and reinstalled windows 10 with a USB. I don't think there was another solution, but it's fixed so who cares.

 

[OldGrayGary]

Thanks for letting us know.


If the desktop goes back to is "disappearing" tricks, let us know, and we'll see what's up. Hope it "just works" from now on ...