Windows Explorer, crashing.

[DataXUnknown]

Okay well, it has been happening recently. Windows Explorer will just shut off by itself. The first time there was the Windows XP error messege saying Windows Explorer needs to close. It has closed about 6 other times since then without any warning. I have Panda for anti-virus and spyware, I don't see whats wrong. I am guessing there may be somthing corrupted in the songs in my stepmania. Windows explorer seems to crash when I listen to stepmania songs. Forcing me to press control+alt+delete and clicking restart or "run task" and entering explorer.exe. I need to fix this problem, but I am not that good with computers. Can anyone help me with this?

*EDIT* My Internet Explorer is also starting to crash now and seems to be going slower than usual.

[Verruckter]

this isnt the right section for that....

[DataXUnknown]

Well, it is hard to find information about what is going on with my computer. Therefore I thought very smart people could help me with such a problem. Moderators can move it if they think it's necessary.

[Squeek]

Reformatting always solves problems. Backup your data and just clean slate that HDD.

~Squeek

[DataXUnknown]

I would like to get it fixed without having to reformat if I could. I would like reformatting to be my last resort. Anything else that could be wrong? Programs to download? I can survive through this mess it's just better to get it fixed asap. Many events coming up so I need full usage of my computer.

[Mwerp]

Tried a virus scan?

[DataXUnknown]

Yes. Twice.

[Spazzbite]

What are you using for a virus scan? I suggest using AVG or Avast, because Norton doesn't find shit.

[deposition]

This is happening to a lot of people.. http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...wtopic&t=15443

[DataXUnknown]

Spazzbite: I would never use Norton because like you said, it never finds anything. I used HouseCall the first time which I think actually put a bit of spyware on my computer which Panda found and deleted. The second time I used Panda ActiveScan. Both found nothing.

Deposition: I don't think we are having the same problems. That thread doesn't help much. Although I will look further into the bug reports.

I will get my brother to look at it a little bit later as of he is very good with computers. If anyone else has any other suggestions on what to do, please post.

[Moogy]

Clear your cache.

[staroceanfreakx]

I have win98 and the same thing happened to me. Sorry to say, but I ended up having to reinstall windows (at least you probably won't have to reformat). That fixed it. Also there is a new adaware out if you don't have it, it is called adaware se personal, and it is much better than the old one.

[Powerless]

Ahh My Faveroite Program

HIJACK THIS!

(Yeah, I'm Serious)

http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html

Read It, Download It, Use it.

If its not somthing that executes on startup and all of the spychecker stuff dosent work then reformat.

(Oh and for the love of god dont check everything and "Fix It"..this program shows all programs, even critical ones on startup..so make sure you have an idea about what your deleting..otherwise post the log and I'll tell you what to wipe)

[jewpinthethird]

The same thing happens to me too. But I need to reformat anyways, so I probably will do that.

[QreepyBORIS]

Adaware 6.0, Norton, McAffee, and VirusScan (if you are from the University of Michigan :P) it. If it's still buggy, Get Mozilla or Opera.