Explorer.exe was stopped with task manager, now computer won't log on

Hi All,

I stopped explorer.exe (unintentionally) via Task Manager, so then
tried to restart my computer. It boots to the "Welcome" screen and then
goes to a screen which says, "Configuring Updates, 3 of 3 -0%." This
screen just hangs for a minute and then my computer restarts itself and
the cycle repeats endlessly, as long as I leave my computer on.

I have tried all the F screens (F1, etc.) to run diskchecks, to
restore, to load Safe Mode, etc. Is there a way to run explorer.exe
from the command prompt?

Any ideas are more than I have! Thanks!


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peaceful_cab wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I stopped explorer.exe (unintentionally) via Task Manager, so then
> tried to restart my computer. It boots to the "Welcome" screen and then
> goes to a screen which says, "Configuring Updates, 3 of 3 -0%." This
> screen just hangs for a minute and then my computer restarts itself and
> the cycle repeats endlessly, as long as I leave my computer on.
>
> I have tried all the F screens (F1, etc.) to run diskchecks, to
> restore, to load Safe Mode, etc. Is there a way to run explorer.exe
> from the command prompt?
>
> Any ideas are more than I have! Thanks!
>
>


If you stop explorer... upon reboot your system should just return to
normal...
but it looks like you killed the machine in the middle of an update...

so try this


http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/780/e...ine-safe-boot/

peaceful_cab wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I stopped explorer.exe (unintentionally) via Task Manager, so then
> tried to restart my computer. It boots to the "Welcome" screen and then
> goes to a screen which says, "Configuring Updates, 3 of 3 -0%." This
> screen just hangs for a minute and then my computer restarts itself and
> the cycle repeats endlessly, as long as I leave my computer on.
>
> I have tried all the F screens (F1, etc.) to run diskchecks, to
> restore, to load Safe Mode, etc. Is there a way to run explorer.exe
> from the command prompt?
>
> Any ideas are more than I have! Thanks!
>
>
I think I gave a link for XP

this the for Vista

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...command-prompt

For future reference, under the File menu in the task manager is an option
to start a program. It's called "New Task (Run)". In your case, typing
explorer.exe in the box and hitting enter would have gotten it running
again.

On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 03:58:07 +0530, peaceful_cab wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I stopped explorer.exe (unintentionally) via Task Manager, so then
> tried to restart my computer. It boots to the "Welcome" screen and then
> goes to a screen which says, "Configuring Updates, 3 of 3 -0%." This
> screen just hangs for a minute and then my computer restarts itself and
> the cycle repeats endlessly, as long as I leave my computer on.
>
> I have tried all the F screens (F1, etc.) to run diskchecks, to
> restore, to load Safe Mode, etc. Is there a way to run explorer.exe
> from the command prompt?
>
> Any ideas are more than I have! Thanks!


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