| Kommentare über explorer.exe: |
 Alex | Windows Program Manager |
| MEHUL (KANUDO) | This is used file for All Windows OS. Its Microsoft's Own Created File. Siehe auch: Link |
| DoNe | Windows owned File but look how is your place ... this place must was in the windows directory, when not it is hacked ! |
| Thom Chesshyre | As DoNe said..look at where it is: if it's in the windows directory, do NOT end the process or it'll restart your computer or something. . .. |
 Inuyasha | This is the Windows shell (desktop, file browser, taskbar etc), closing it is not recommended. However, if the path is C:\Explorer.exe, it's a virus. (Due to lazy programming, Windows does not look in a specific path for this file. If it finds it here, it'll launch it instead of the real shell.) Siehe auch: Link |
| Nathan | Part of the Windows Operating system. This program draws the taskbar and colorful user interface you see while using Windows. If you stop this process the taskbar will disappear. |
| Vegeta | Harmless Microsoft stuff. Siehe auch: Link |
| Magus | I think this is best explained as. This process is windows, at least so far as most basic users are concerned. This is the only file windows can't run without. Here's a link that will tell you how to find out what version you have, and make sure you have a microsoft registered version. Siehe auch: Link |
 Faraon | Only if exist 2-nd process! May be a FAKE Windows shell. In my system it was a porno dialer! |
| The Wizard of Emerald CIty | With your firewall set to High Report Level when your "Explore" your Hard drives this program tries to contact groupo mundo's port 21 in Mexico! But WHY does a Visual Artist Company need to receive info from our computers? (XP Only) A definate permanent block on this one in firewall Siehe auch: Link |
| | Location of explorer.exe, signed by microsoft, on my machine (win XP) is in C:\WINDOWS folder. |
| h2k.nl | If it is not in the /windows map it can be spyware or a dialer! |
 RONCO | Use Code Stuff Starter to start/stop programs & turn off explorer to save CPU ... when gaming Siehe auch: Link |
| Peter | explorer.exe started to use 98% of my CPU. I found out that it was some downloaded mediafiles that caused it (films). I opened the task maneger and moved my mouse over the files and it went sky high. So I just deleted the whole folder without touching the file. It really worked. |
| LOL!!!! | The file is located in WINDOWS folder. If it is in system32 folder, it is a virus/trojan, for example TrojanSpy.Win32.SCKeyLog.20 |
| Andrew Day | I got unknowing linked to a £1-50 p/min dialer bassed in Vanuatu, & spent hour & half normal surfing. Cost £107 UK |
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| valu | Windows Komponente |
| Nirmal Sharma | There are two Shell in Windows one is CMD.exe and one is EXPLORER.exe. Windows uses HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon and under this key a string defined Shell includes this file. If you remove this file name and put CMD.exe and when u restart your computer next time Winlogon will open only Command Prompt and you will not see Start Menu |
| Kramy | explorer.exe is in C:\Windows on most computers. One of my friends has his win dir as C:\Win2k though, so then this info would be TOTALLY wrong :P |
| Frank Wassner | sehr wichtig für ein grafik betriebsprogramm |
| TJS | explorer.exe is a windows system file if found in the c:\windows folder. Found anywhere else it's malware, including the folders system & system32 |
| budsel83 | This helped me find an explorer.exe file in an XP autopatch directory off the c drive. I renamed the file and my windows explorer shell stopped closing on me. Thanks, budsel83 |
| tomas berrum | thats b.s. explorer.exe is no virus spyware its what your desktop and folders run under and its not the only one that your computer cant run with your computer cant run without win login.exe kernel32.exe rundll32.exe i know more then all of you and im only a 13 yr old computer genius |
 Lastrider | Using System Task Manager it was a 64% risk and this was the text found in the file "Could not start Event Logger." And I keep getting pop ups to sites even though not surfing the net. Which are also mention in the text above, However it is in the system32 directory what do i do? and again using system Task manager only 1 explorer.exe shows up there is a Windows and Internet Explorer but only 1 Explorer.exe AND using the Windows Task Manager there are 2 an explorer.exe and an EXPLORER.EXE |
| D. | It could be dangerous if its in C:\system\ or it hasn't got a This Computer icon. Change it into explorer.old if you're infected |
| Janis | what to do if it IS in the WINDOWS folder (not system32 or something else) and cpu use is between 70-90 without a reason?! it doesnt stop eat my cpu when i open the taskmanager. there is really no reason (2600xp) Siehe auch: Link |
| jeffc333 | Can be used in totally undetectable background mode by Spectorsoft Spyware to report all of your computer activities to someone who has locally or remotely installed Spectorsoft Spyware on your computer on purpose at your PC or by email of an .exe file which causes the keylogging-system monitoring software to be installed without detection, not even in the Task Bar when it is operational. Spectorsoft installs about 20 hidden files and if any are detected they appear to be Windows\System files. SpyCops AntiSpyware can find a few of those. |
| Doyle | I have a file names "Explorer.EXE" using those caps. I also have the normal "explorer.exe" |
| Ecko | It's Just you Explorer (which is in Windows included) |
| | bei winme liegt die explorer.exe im windows-verzeichnis! |
| | Makes your computer useless |
| Abhijit | the Task manager in my PC shows 2 explorer.exe files. one is in CAPS while other is in small letters. Certainly one of them is a spyware or a trojan. |
| Max | ended the process as it took too much memory - DON'T DO THIS. now i've lost my start bar and all the icons on my desktop and have no idea of how to recover them. |
| ox_the_rider | sometimes there could be wrong things going on this file. my explorer go nuts. i cant even copy and paste some big file because this causes my explorer cpu usage upto %100 |
| sMartin | Could the file be a virus even if it is placed in C//windows folder... what size should the explorer.exe be,,, mine is 981 kB (1 004 544 byte), thought first it had something to do with SP2 but it hasn't, not for me at least. |
| Frustrated | I picked up some spyware and my computer would not boot up...it would crash everytime. SO, I made a boot disk and went into the windows folder. Lo and behold there was explorer.exe, only its create date was the time I had been on the web. So, I promptly deleted it. However, now windows will not work at all and I am starting to worry that I deleted the real explorer.exe. |
| | I've an explorer.exe file that tries to access the internet once in a while. The file appears to orginate in system32, but when I checked its gone? Also, My AV app doesn't report anything, plus ther |
| Nate | It is a important part of the Microsoft Windows Operating Environment. |
| spacemarine | explorer.exe is the default shell for windows. It IS NOT vital for explorer to be running to use Windows. And it is possible for explorer to chew up 98% percent CPU, if it starts behaving badly. If you open the task manager (CTRL+ALT+DEL), you can kill explorer, and use the task manager to start and stop programs. Since the shell that windows will start is located in a registry string, you could run any program as the shell (notepad, cmd, Quake III Arena, etc.). Siehe auch: Link |
| Andrew | something is up with explorer and its high cpu usage, i have seen it before, but can't figure out the problem. |
| | Its window, what do you think... |
| Horza | Explorer.exe is a auto-included malware with Windows, and is there for the purpose of making your computer slow. |
| | unter Wichtig steht standardmäßig C:\Windows\System32 = genau falsch - siehe eigener Hinweis auf Symantec Corporation: explorer.exe sollte nicht in C:\Windows\System32 stehen, nur in C:\Windows\ Siehe auch: Link |
| marietta. | i want to thank peter for his input, I have managed to extracteverything but one bad avifile from my shared folder in emule, to a new folder. and deleted the old one. so now the flick and my problem with cpu being consumed, has gone. thanks, Peter. |
| marietta | some films from emule makes explorer.exe use all the cpu available. it happens when i open the folder of incoming stuff from emule, and scroll down to the file in question. the minute it hits the screen cpu is skyrocketing. do i have to reinstall emule? i cant get rid of the films. |
| anglodeutsch | deutsch:- es ist in 'C:\Windows' wo es ist eine Windowskomponente. english:- it is in C;\Windows where it is a component of windows. |
| Dan Bishop | explorer.exe is USUALLY the windows file manager but people can easily modify it to contain malicious code, then have it copy itself onto your computer, to fool you into thinking it's the real explorer.exe, so don't listen to the 'genius' tomas berrum LOL |
| mememe | Windows graphical interface if located in system32 directory |
| Ravi | After downin sumfin my pc restarted with the message, explorer.exe is damaged, reinstall windows, as i reinstalled windows in the same c-drive it was still there the message, i had to install in onto the d-drive |
| Vulkano | es verlangsamt mein pc extreme indem es sich über meine rams her macht und sie so gut wie überlastet das lämpchen vom pc ist am dauer leuchten sobald explorer.exe sich einmal dran macht! |
| Allison | has some host program controling my system. Seems to hide from all my spy and virus programs. I have been after it for a week now & the problem just gets worse |
| Charles | ya whoops i deleted the real explorer.exe also... looking to fix somehow note the create date and modify date are different things |
| hardcore | it got to with avi file and if they are very big it will happen just open your task manager and then end process now go to the top were it say file here is were you restart explorer.exe your task bar will come back up and it will stop the use of the program using 50%, just every time i open a very big avi file, hope this help. |
| calexander | Dictates user desktop settings, taskbar settings, etc. Can either be in C:\Windows\System32 for Win2K or C:\Windows for XP. If you have an IDS, make sure explorer.exe is not included in any blocking or deny policy, unless it is not in any of the previously-mentioned directories. If an IDS blocks explorer.exe, it will wreak havoc on a user's desktop, especially for Windows XP. If an IT tech is not informed that the IDS might be causing the problem, he/she could be led to believe that the OS needs to be reinstalled. Just a warning. |
| calexander | Dictates user desktop settings, taskbar settings, etc. Can either be in C:\Windows\System32 for Win2K or C:\Windows for XP. If you have an IDS, make sure explorer.exe is not included in any blocking or deny policy, unless it is not in any of the previously-mentioned directories. If an IDS blocks explorer.exe, it will wreak havoc on a user's desktop, especially for Windows XP. If an IT tech is not informed that the IDS might be causing the problem, he/she could be led to believe that the OS needs to be reinstalled. Just a warning. |
| Some one who knows | Ok ppl! Explorer.exe is not a Virus, (unless one infected it). It is part of Windows. If you are unsure, jest replace it. |
| Dadda | Explorer is problably not a virus! lol... Even if its like 1000 kBs... Mine has about 44000kB of memoryusage when it runs and it doesnt hurt the speed of your computer very much, but you should get worried if the caps are wrong because that can meen that its a virus or some other shit like that... |
| Brad | This file can be restarted if you click on File- Run in the task manager (WinXp Only) And type in explorer. So don't worry if it the screen goes blank. |
| Confuzeld | Explorer.EXE uses up loads of ram..(thanks microsoft) it is located in C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE for SP2 users, It is for the Shell or taskbar and desktop. dont stop it or youll have to restart . |
| WinXPOS | Actualy, the file is located in C:\Windows, not in System32. |
| ahmed | i have to files one in c:\windows other in c:\windows\Prefetch named explorer.exe-082F38A9.pf pls help me what to do |
| lucas | My explorer is constantly crashing, windows says that the program has to close due to a data excution prevention thing, in the error report this file is always included... explorer.exe.mdmp, in my task manager explorer is EXPLORER.exe, i have scanned for explorer and i have 3 explorers in he windows folder. one in /windows, 2 in windows/servicepacks/i386, 33 /windows/softwaredistrubution/download/6ca7b3a8efd5a9b6f87fff395a2eb989, i am thinking that there is a virus/trojan which is trying to use explorer o do something, but the DEP prevents it, i have scanned my system but i have found nohing |
| | i got some kind of virus now that constantly starts up my system files, including files like Nail.exe, Explorer.exe and some other files.. i ran a whole bunch of virus, adware and spywarescanners over my computer, but it couldnt fix the problem.. anyone who knows more about this? --- and to Max: if u close down explorer.exe, just press ctrl-alt-del again. in the "file" menu you can start new processes. just make it start explorer.exe again and your desktop and start menu are back =) |
| TJ | I open the task manager on windows XP and I see two explorer.exe. They are both the same no caps lock on one of them. But every few seconds, one of them uses all of my system resources (CPU). When I terminate one of them, nothing disapears. The name just comes back in the list and does the same thing as last time. I terminate it again, but it still comes back. What do I do? My computer freezes every 4 seconds for 1 second and it's driving me crazy! |
| Amanda | Seems I have same problem as Peter- I think I got it d/l music, computer won't start up- it says there's an error and it has to close... Half of you say to delete the file, half of you say rename it or don't delete it at all!? So, If I delete it, and then the computer won't run-then what? Doesn't renaming it just give whoever implanted it there access to it still? HELP- can someone please put correct directions on this thread .. THANKS |
| Eugen S | bei mir stürzen ab und zu anwendungen ab und was ziemlich seltsam is wenn ich ganz einfach z.b. nur einen rechtsklick auf meinen desktop mache ruckelt das erscheinende kontextmenü und man kann erkennen dass es nicht normal is.weitere anmerkungen sind mir bisher nicht aufgefallen außer noch dass ich das gefühl habe mein system ruckelt bzw. is langsamer geworden.Bitte helft mir !wer dies tun kann hier meine e-mail-adresse : cL3v023@gmail.com |
| PGP | Usually fine, but potential for major trouble...Shoty, lazy (or intentionally lazy) coding on MS behalf has allowed certain groups to create (rather modify sort of) the coding to do almost anything. To my "knowledge" I am unaware of any person/group that have done this but hey never know. Ask MS about it, their response makes me laugh. |
| Patrick | I agree with Dan Bishop. Explorer.exe is a file that is part of windows, but any hacker or virus could easily change the file to make it do dangerous things. My explorer.exe is making my computer run really slow and I think it is to do with bad .avi files as previous people have said here. |
| Raw | Explorer.exe is the windows Shell (shows you the desktop, taskbar and start menu). Ending this process will make your desktop disappear. Use a Resource Hacker or Disassembler to rename the Start Button and other menu items, its real fun... |
| Ben Smith | Do this check, find explorer.exe and if there is more than one result, right click it and click compatibilty or something, if you can change the settings delete the file. If you cannot change anything, keep the file you cannot modify. |
| Ben Smith | it is usualy a file needed by windows to run. BUT from past experiences it can be a virus, and because Windoes is very lazy it opnes the worm, locking up your computer.If it is not in the correct directory, youre in trouble lol |
| bleeding | if ended the screen will go black and the desktop will be useless but... if you're really in need of every chunk of mem to do a big task, you can use the task manager's "new task" to run any program with no cpu drainage |
| RCODE | 2 explorer.exe files, both located in c:\windows. Cisco Security Agent detected this process trying to modify the Windows files opuc.dll, AeXNSBootstrapCTl.dll, wuweb.dll, and macromed\flash\flash.ocx. |
| Slippers | There should only be an explorer.exe in your C:\Windows folder. Others are not Windows system files. If you close the "real" explorer process you can start it again by typing "explorer" in "new process" |
| Dinesh | this is the file has the capability to show the files present in the resourse in the graphical(folders and files) way. If we delete this file we cant access any files because desktop is demolished. |
| Danni Matzk | If it's in your C:\Windows file you have nothing to worry about. If it's elsewhere then it could be spayware. If you end it, you can restart it by going to C:\Windows and clicking on explorer.exe. |
| | if you ended the Explorer process and you've lose the desktop, simply go to New Task - Run and type "explorer" and all will be well again |
| tosh | I have EXPLORER.exe running in my task manager (as opposed t explorer or Explorer), is this one the virus? |
| Alan | Well i am trying to run my game and iexplorer.exe is messing with it how do i stop it |
| felix | Microsoft says Internet Explorer 6 related Siehe auch: Link |
| JuZzY | if you have to of them you have a keylogger |
| 1337 | Windows's files management software |
| Matt | I have posted a fix here... Siehe auch: Link |
| | to reload explorer |
| Aionios | Heads Up. I found the file C:\WINNT\Explorer.EXE (Those Caps) on my machine. I checked it with Security Task Manager, and it was unable to load the file? Furthermore, I opened up an undelete program and looked at my WINNT directory, and found that the original file had been deleted a couple of days prior. (I have not done any updates that should have replaced it) I recoved the deleted file and did a binary compare. They have the same CRC check & size, but their content is quite different. I tried replacing the file with the deleted one, but the OS automatically recreates the file. |
| waysmarter | its easy to remove hit ctrl+alt+delete then click processes then find svchost.exe there might be a few of em then end one of them that doesnt say localservice or network service or system and find the file and simply delte it make sure u dlete the real onethe realone usally has a little computericon by it but if u cant see it click tools/folder options/view then click view all file then uncheak view protected system files and for u idiott who think u kno computers and completly dumbi dont know what damage it does but i kno it does damge |
| Sausage | ahmed, windows uses the prefetch directory to load some programs load faster or something, they are stored there and can't do anything much, but if theres a file not ending with .pf or .ini in there, it might be something else (I have a Layout.ini in there but it looks pretty safe) in short: leave the prefetch folder alone unless you find something out of the ordinary in there... |
| Ashley | I know that if you end it you can still you you comp but you will not be able to see you desktop, taskbar, etc. But I have a Q..I have to explorer.exe's running...one running at 10,000 K and the other at around 50 K, should I only have one? If so, which should I take off and what was it? |
| jimmy chamberlin | That it trys to connect to the internet, when you go too Search something from the Start Menu sygate personal firewall comes up an says .. Windows Explorer (exploer.exe) is trying to connect to sa.windows.com [207.46.258.249] using remote port 80 [HTTP - world wide web.] yes no? Siehe auch: Link |
| SyndroM-666 | GANZ HARMLOS... Nur beachtet einfach was da ganz oben steht, also: Die Datei "Explorer.exe" befindet sich im Ordner C:\Windows\System32. Wenn das nicht der Fall ist, handelt es sich bei Explorer.exe um einen Virus, Spyware, Trojaner oder Worm! |
| | Hey Max, If you still have Windows Task Manager open, click file, then new task, And type in explorer. I did the same thing you did. I found doing as I said above, gave me back my desktop and task bar. |
| Ben Dover | You can use task manager to stop it. If you find you stopped the wrong one, just click, File, New Task, and type explorer.exe. Your screen will flicker and the desktop will return. No Need To Restart |
| patte | explorer.exe.. someway its using 100% of my cpu, and it turns ON/OFF automaticly every like 3 seks.. REALLY anoying when u cant do "anything".. have no clue what is wrong |
| rcip | Mine it is run by reg key called Eusun, it is located but hidden into winnt\system32\assembly----I don't know what to do to remove it |
| ToMo | There are 2 registry keys in the registry that are causing the problem. It affects the explorer.exe and iexplorer.exe files. |
| fieryflame | heh can gif sum advise? My window task manager show explorer.exe use 94% cpu usage. What should i do??? |
| Hahahaha | Horrible, devious little program that tries to connect to the internet all the time! Delete quickly! |
| TuXnCo | the prefetch file is a tuned file for reducing the time explorer takes to be loaded into memory |
| Deadman | When the Trick, what about Brad talk, dont work, try it with "desktop" |
| Administrator | all hackers here, really, its a trojan and keylogger dont trust them! |
| niemeyerstein | ohne explorer.exe gibts bei windows nur den schwarzen schirm. Siehe auch: Link |
| T-Man | Normally Fine Such a huge hog though, USE FIREFOX USE OPREA |
| Frans | HackerDefender variant in Windows/System32/config/adminoper Siehe auch: Link |
| lololol!!1!1one! | Explorer is a windows bug for people not running Gnome or KDE. It is malicious and can cause computer crashes and loss of data. |
| | explorer.exe is the Windows Program Manager or Windows Explorer. It manages the Windows Graphical Shell including the Start menu, taskbar, desktop, and File Manager. By removing this process the graphical interface for Windows will disappear. |
| God | Replace the Windows shell and get rid of this crap, damnit. |
| | a process that consumes 100% my cpu time |
| Gigashady | It makes your computer restart by itself and makes it really slowww! |
| Fabian | Bei mir überlastet dieser Prozess das System!!! |
| Lisa | I just whated to thank Matt. I tried your fix and it worked!!! I've been trying for months to fix explore.exe and I ended up having the same problem with 2 files that you did. But I still have 3 different explorer.exe's that are in 3 different windows folders. Only one of them am I able to change, so I didn't delete any because I think my problem is solved. |
| Steven | the file i created by microsoft but has errors it can make items on the task bar disappear and desktop items to move but does not delete the items |
| Dan | This is a window system process that can be affected with a virus called MSEVENT, that drives your CPU to 100%, removing that virus solved my problem |
| Abhi! Dave | This is a file in C:\windows. Its malfunctioning results in blank screen after startup. Don't know how to fix it. May be reinstalling the OS fixes this problem. |
| DJ | This one is part of the GUI operating system, hence you really need it to continue running. If you shut it down, you will lose your "desktop" and may have to reboot. It is NOT Internet Explorer (iexplorer.exe). |
| Elrond | It should be in \windows , not windows\system32 the latter is slyware. |
| An XP Expert | This is only a Windows shell file. It starts up the GUI (Graphic User Interface) i.e. the taskbar, start menu, and your desktop. There is no harm in it as long as it is in the proper folder (C:\Windows\explorer.exe for Windows XP; see Microsoft website for other versions of Windows). Do a Windows search (Start-Search) and search for explorer.exe. If more than one are found, contact a qualified computer professional before doing anything. |
| SolariH | when end this file you only see a blue screen, means u have 2 restart |
| Alt | Explorer.exe is the shell of Microsoft Windows. If you delete it or disable it, windows can not run. It only becomes dangerous ones you downloaded a virus that infects the file. |
| | Ok people, including 13 yr old computer geniuses who can't spell - the purpose of a file is determined both by what it is and it's location. If it's NOT in C:\Windows (in XP) or C:\Windows\System32 (in some other windows installs) it is very likely a virus. If it |
| Kitty | Generally is the real thing BUT it appeared on mine as explorer.EXE and the real file isn't in caps! They even went to all the trouble of putting it in the same folder somehow when i closed it explorer refreashed and was back to normal! |
| PbLLoZeR | If the process path is to C:\\Windows, then it is the process used by the Windows OS to display the interface (Desktop, Taskmanager, System Tray, etc.). When it is located somewhere else, such as C:\\windows\system32 (or system folder), then it is a potential virus or spyware process for sure! Use Hijackthis, Security Task Manager, with some startup managing programs. |
| | Die File ist in C:\Windows, nicht system32. Hatte anfangs no Internet, deswegen keine vire! |
| BygNygga | If you really want to screw with your co-workers, try exiting it through Windows Task Manager, and run all of your software without the evidence of the Start Menu. You can take it off their's too and see the fur fly. Kind of handy to end task and restart the bastard when things freeze. |
| John | it helps surf through the internet |
| Klimsch | Explorer.exe befindet sich standardmäßig in C:\Windows, und NICHT in C:\Windows\System32 !!! |
| Püppi | ACHTUNG!!! befindet sich bei XP in c:\windows und NICHT in system32!!! |
| sridharreddy | my system effected with this Explorer.exe |
| Brandon | explorer.exe how do I stop it from starting |
| Vernon Chan (MechPaladin) | explorer.exe is the windows program manager. It manages the Windows graphical user interface shell. This must not be removed as long as the file is in C:\WINDOWS\System32\explorer.exe. If the file is found anywhere else it is a virus |
| Rex | Can be linked to other files at same time, so isnt dangerous by itself, but when linked, big trouble getting it off |
| wilucha | man sollte es nicht mit iexplorer.exe verwechseln. den iexplorer ist meistens spyware..... |
| Sheetal | The MyDoom virus creates a viral thread running under Explorer.exe causing the file to run your CPU usage @ 100% slowing down your machine to the point of DOOM. |
| Colin | When I do Ctrl+Alt+delte and go to process and delete this, my windows bar at the bottom disapears. |
| Herra Tohtori | Au contraire, windows XP can run very well when you disable the explorer.exe. All you need to do then is to use the Windows Task Manager (Control+Alt+Del) and task switching as interface. I have yet to meet a program that DOESN't run on the background when I disable the explorer.exe. I can just pick the "Run" option from the task manager and choose whichever program; then that program works just like with explorer.exe enabled - just without it's additional memory load. Only thing you lose is the desktop, and the executive restarts easily when you run it from task manager. |
| no | It should be turned off when playing computer games - increases performace by 150%! |
| Koreano67 | EXPLROR.exe is bad b/c it takes processing power away, mine was 50%. After I CTRL ALT DEL, I opened the File, run, browse, and searched for the file (in my case it was a DL'ed video) which I then deleted. Then , I looked for the explorer.exe file under my C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe |
| Para | I am learning that, whether or not it is either, it is creating me grief on my PC. For 2 days I have been tring to figure out what to do and this site has given me some of the best advice compared to mIcRoSoFt's stupip techy advice (you have to reformate your PC and start all over). Thanks guys & gals. I'm going to try some of the suggestion here. |
| Coty A.k.A XEARO | Explorer.exe as in Executable file! is not a prob you either use it or you don't. It is a problem if its located in another directory then C:\ WINDOWS OPERATING DIRECTORY **C:\WINNT C:\WINDOWS or what have you). and if it is seing 99% cpu cycle then its not usally explorers fault. i went and playd avi files before and it maxd out as 100% on the explorer process. |
| mv | If located where it should be (c:\windows; c:\winnt) it's safe :) |
| Kisara | Windows system shell ;) Siehe auch: Link |
| Chris | explorer.exe is a crictical file but mine is acting strange, on set intervals my mouse pointer goes to hour glass and I get a cpu spike caused by explorer.exe my explorer.exe is in windows dir 1032192 bytes creation date 15 oct 2005 sp2 version |
| unbiased | Actually, there are some different versions. Explorer.exe is ok, Explorer.EXE is most likey the trojan, explorer.exe is also probably a trojan. |
| monkeyqiu | explorer,exe is a microsoft windows' process. |
| Nickonly | it's just the background programme of the OS |
| nitin | if u end this proscess u dont have to restart ur system again. just open the task manager and run a new process. new process may be any thing like c:\ or explorer.exe only. it may be any thing, and ur system will work normally |
| nitin khandelwal | i just wanted to know that my explorer.exe is using too much of memory. and because of it my comp is getting slow. does any1 has a clue why it taking too much of memory and how to reduce it. |
| Mike | Not much cept its trying to access ports from all over the place |
| patbob | Found explorer.exe spinning on CPU this morning. Kill and restart, same thing. Only one copy in C:/windows/explorer.exe, virus checker says OK. DISABLED web images on my desktop (and periodic update of them) and restarted explorer.. problem appears gone. Related: mobsync.exe spinning on CPU while updating the web images. |
| Devilita | Just another proof of windows' lame programming...Though not dangerous it can be loads of pain in the .... Try the fixes available online or switch to a new OS ( recommended), then bang ur head coz nothing's gonna be compatible. |
| Johnny | explore.exe was using on average 8% of my cpu constantly spiking to 16%. I shut it down using task manger then restarted it using the file, new task, explorer.exe and enter, It restarted went ballistic up to a 100% for a while then flatline at 0% where it should be. Saweeet!. |
| WarHippy | It can be spoofed by changing the first two letters to another character set, then replaces the real file. Windows doesn't see the difference, but you can use the command shell, run the "dir" command, and the bogus file will have "?" where the letters of the filename are different,(example: ??plorer.exe)this is NOT explorer, even though it does the same job, plus a few extra that a hacker has included, follow the link for more info, can be used with (rundll, svchost, or any necessary windows file for malliscious purpose, Microsoft Security, there's an oxymoron for ya) Siehe auch: Link |
| Keyzer | Sometimes this file appears in task manager to use over 50% of my computer capacity, even when I'm not doing anything on the internet. |
| TaxedByXP | Like some other users here, I periodically find the file name has been changed to explorer.EXE (caps for extension) and appears in c:\Windows directory (XP). When I check the file properties, the date shows it has been modified recently and does not show the same dates as the latest explorer file from Microsoft; other info is same. I can't stop the process using task manager or other utilities. Never shows up as malware. Only if I manage to copy the original file back to the directory and delete the new one do things return to normal, but somehow it manages to return every couple of months. |
| F5 | Installed a game and it wont play because keeps telling me Explorere.exe is curropted |
| Optimus Prime | This is Just the Windows Explorer, the main Application of the O.S WINDOWS, that's all... |
| Englebert | You are entirely wrong, windows can run without explorer.exe however the user environment will not appear. This can be solved by opening the task manager through CTRL-ALT-DELETE and starting the process! |
| penguin | it needs to die, it starts up about 40-50 internet explorers at once and makes my cpu usage allways at 100%, also earlier it crashed my computer and gave me some really bad pop-ups, my friend believes it could be something like aurora |
| Clarky | i gotmyself 2 explorers. Explorer.EXE and explorer.exe both in Windows/ proving a pain. |
| senfi | Absolut harmloser Prozess, mit gutem Nebeneffekt: muss man kurz weg vom PC, und will sich nicht abmelden, einfach explorer.exe beenden! die meisten wissen nicht, dass der PC weiterhin voll funktionsfähig ist, und benutzen ihn nicht. wenn mann zurückkommt mit dem Taskmanager explorer.exe starten, und weiter gehts |
| josh | If you shut it down, press crtl-alt-del to get the task manager up and then click applications on the tab then click the new task button and type explorer and it will restart it. |
| moos | explorer.exe is part of the most contagious virus ever written, also known as windows. if you find it on your system you should install Linux immediately. if you don't know what linux is visit www.ubuntu.org |
| Dan | It is ur taskbar... dont end the process... |
| John Thien | Use to start Desktop. Please Help me, my explorer.exe using 100% CPu and make my computer very slow. And the start menu also didnt appear. Please give me some advice..8/7/2006 |
| Toboe10 | Windows Graphical User Interface Shell. Windows Program Manager. If your Computer freezes, but can still run Task Manager End this process and your computer should Unfreeze!!! |
| | Explorer is a man that looks for new places (or worlds) |
| Jeffrey | A windows procces. |
| | that when it is ended the start menu goes away so it has to be a windows nesecity |
| ICKIMOVERIT | had two of them so i did a search and found 2, looked at the properties, one didnt know what created it the other said Microsoft, so I deleted the one that didnt say Microsoft and all is well. |
| Phillip | each time i close this everything on my desktop disappears and i can't use anything but the task manager but with that when i log out then back in everything is just fine. don't close this! |
| | renamed explorer.exe in system32 directory to .old and it quit hammering my firewall. |
| deepcreek | Spyware Doctor keeps finding/deleting it. It keeps coming back but is invisible (show hidden turned on) under the system32 folder that SpyDoc says it is in? |
| Big Brown Jobby | Its quite a useful file to have if you run windows apparently |
| A.A | There is two kinds of this file there is one with captial letters i.e EXPLORER.EXE and there is one with small letters i.e explorer.exe, so i think one of them must be a spyware |
| Liffy | Explorer.exe file can be hooked to a virus. I had mine deleted cause of a virus. So be very careful |
| Nicky | all my processes are using alot of memory explorer.exe is one of the most memory hungry, when I use a memory optimizer the problem is solved temporarly from 200 free memory to 700 - 800mb I'm desperate now |
| | explorer is the file for displaying the info of windows onto your screen, it is a vital part of windows, but it can be easily modified to become really dangerous |
| Alan Harden | I had a problem with two explorer programs and decided to search out a way to get rid of the second one...nothing worked...so I checked add/remove programs on a whim and found something to do with "NSIS" and it wasn't supposed to be there...removed it and alls well...no second explorer killing my CPU and memory |
| CJ | This is fully with Windows. |
| edgar | makes the internet work, but be carefull what your explore. |
| Steve | Follow Peters advice but only delete the file that uses all c.p.u. If computer running too slow to do this (ctrl+alt+del -explorer exe -end process -processes-type in explore exe) should now run with low c.p.u. |
| hittin1 | okay...if you are gettin' explorer.exe regularly gettin a 50% cpu reading in taskman what does that mean? 1st offc it tells me that you are running a duel-core processor. so now you can go to microsoft.com and look up fixes for 100%processor usage. if you have more than one explorer.exe in taskman is likely do to with a folder setting :open new window in a seperate process: not a problem.!!.Most of the time explorer.exe pinging out is due to downloaded moviesfrom p2p programs. do not download movies with the description in the filename.if you must try, shorten the file name |
| Cice | It is accessing the internet with no doubts. Why would the file that runs your task bar and icons need to access the internet? When accessing some places on my hard disk it crashes and restarts. It is true backdoors can be placed in a file and the file keeps the same name and works however the size of the file will increase. There is no explorer.exe in the system32 folder only in the WINDOWS directory. |
| Jaces | i wouldnt recommend closing it. it does not appear to be harmful. i stopped it from task mgr and everything on my desktop disappeared. after a restart everything was back. i would say it is essential to your computer operation |
| | It is the Windows User Interface. If you stop the process, you will lose your taskbar and desktop. Follow this steps to revert the thing back if explorer.exe crash: Press Ctrl+Alt+Del, choose File New Task..., then type explorer.exe. It should put back the things. If it's not, you might need to go to C:/WINDOWS/explorer.exe. If it's still not there, prepare to reinstall Windows. |
| Antiss Neurotek | We found that explorer.exe use the ip 239.255.255.250 port 1900, mean he go out to reach microsoft server. since when an internal program goes out from your system. even when you install a driver he send it to microsoft, this is why the security is so desastrous. Explorer or IE are the highest menace to the system security. in my case using Linux will be the wiser solution. |
| | It is the start menu, taskbar, and desktop icons. |
| Turnni1 | Windows exploring process basicaly, shows files etc, about 20 programs run off it. Use 'Process Explorer'(search in google) and use it to find explorer.exe and find out what its doing, if your not running windows delete it. |
| Sirinus | This file Is The GUI (graphical user interface) which is your icons, start menu, etc, If the process is not from the "C:\windows" (9x, XP) Directory or "C:\winnt" (WinNT\Win2k) Then it is most likely a virus. If You Kill this Process you may restart it by Ctrl+Alt+Delete - File - Run - "Explorer" - Ok (2k, XP) or "Windows Key"+"R" - "explorer" - Ok |
| Mustafa Sazak | When I restart my computer, my documents folder is automatically opened. I don't know how to solve this matter. If I eplace explorer exe with another explorer exe of a different computer, does it works? |
| user | No if you terminate it your taskbar will just disapear..... ive done it. |
| | If it's a genuine part of Microsoft Windows and not a fake, I give it a rating of 5 (Dangerous). Otherwise, I would give it a 4 (Little Bit Dangerous) if it was a virus or trojan, etc. ----- Windows is dangerous, you should put the whole OS through a file shredder, destroys your computer more than any virus or trojan has ever achieved. |
| mountaineer | Explorer.exe is really a part of windows, but there are sveral malicious programs that infect the file so that you don't even notice. I am having same problem with avi file like Peter (and it is for sure because of it!). I am wondering if header of that avi file is somehow changed so that infects explorer.exe, because file remains locked and drains resources! |
| L462 | I ended it and lost my taskbar and icons, but task manager was still running so i went to file new task, typed it in and got everything back. |
| pz | just CTRL-ALT-DELETE and restart the process if you think its running to high. |
| @dnan | this is a windows system file, but how to make it some think like that it doesnt take more resourses of PC, how to make it that it should work with minimum resources |
| NZEE | harmless yet usefull! it works for us in our labs, where EXPLORER.EXE is a virus and then we have to close it! |
| Master Pimp | It's a nucence because it takes up tons of ram I just shut it down when I play games |
| | This file can be a virus if it isnt named exactly like this "explorer.exe" int the directory C:\windows\ . If u=you close this file by accident simply open the task manager then go File New Task(Run) and then type "explorer_safe.exe" the go start run and type regedit ( if you arnt confident with the redgistry dont do this) then find the key at HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon and change it to whatever u named the copy of explorer.exe , in theis case explorer_safe.exe,,,,, hope that sorted everything out for you all |
| | this is explorer.exe, not iexplore.exe the internet browser |
| PyrisX | Do NOT kill this process. It is needed. If not in the Windows directory, there could be somthing wrong. But if it is, leave it alone. Everyone else that says "OMG it killed my CPU GET RID OF IT" just wants you to mess up your computer (because they're jerks) |
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