[SOLVED] Pressing the windows key within seconds straight after login causes explorer to crash

desbest · Jan 13, 2023

Pressing the windows key straight after login (repeatedly or once), causes Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) to crash.

To avoid the crash, I have to wait a few seconds for the taskbar to finish loading, before pressing the windows key. And my laptop has been wiped out and with windows reinstalled.

I'm using Windows 10 22H2

Here's the only software I have installed.

xilolee · Jan 13, 2023

Hi!

Does this happens after you used driver Booster or driver Easy?
If yes, revert the changes using the restore point you created after you have completed the windows installation and before you installed those software.

Then re-check if the problem is still present.

desbest · Jan 21, 2023

I've just done a "reset this pc", to wipe out my computer then reinstall windows, to then use process of elimination of what was causing this minor performance issue, in case it was possibly symptomatic of anything greater in an underlying way.
However upon doing so, I've found that the issue STILL existed with all the drivers set back to normal along with no third party software installed (well at least by me).

So I suppose this minor glitch is built into Windows 10 22H2, so I'll just have to wait for the taskbar (or windows explorer) to finish loading, after entering my windows password to reach the desktop. It could be a minor quirk of my drivers being best optimised for Windows 10 1909 rather than Windows 10 22H2

Thank you for your help.

Search

Search

[SOLVED] Pressing the windows key within seconds straight after login causes explorer to crash

desbest

Well-known member

xilolee

Moderator

desbest

Well-known member