Got a friends laptop here ( eMachines D620 ) running Vista Home Basic x86 which boots up fine but when you get to the desktop a "Windows Explorer has stopped working" message pops up, then it tries to restart Explorer and the same message repeats itself in a constant loop. Nothing on the desktop will open and neither will the Control Panel.
I have ran a scan with Spybot S&D via a BartPE disc and it found a couple of minor nasties and got rid of them. I have also attempted a System Restore which although it worked and restored the thing, didn't fix this error.
Googling it there doesn't appear to be a lot of definitive solutions out there although from what I understand it looks like its Registry related.
I'm not sure what to do now, short of a backup of data and a reformat/reinstall. Is it possible to somehow transfer a working copy of the Registry from the Vista disc to the affected laptop?. Would that even be of any use, bearing in mind that it would be a "bare" and untouched Registry that was being dropped in no doubt missing entries from various other progs that have been installed?.
Any help appreciated, otherwise reformat here I come.
I have ran a scan with Spybot S&D via a BartPE disc and it found a couple of minor nasties and got rid of them. I have also attempted a System Restore which although it worked and restored the thing, didn't fix this error.
Googling it there doesn't appear to be a lot of definitive solutions out there although from what I understand it looks like its Registry related.
I'm not sure what to do now, short of a backup of data and a reformat/reinstall. Is it possible to somehow transfer a working copy of the Registry from the Vista disc to the affected laptop?. Would that even be of any use, bearing in mind that it would be a "bare" and untouched Registry that was being dropped in no doubt missing entries from various other progs that have been installed?.
Any help appreciated, otherwise reformat here I come.
