This issue usually occurs if the explorer.exe system file has become corrupted or some process interferes with its smooth functioning. You could try the following ...

One of perhaps the strangest idiosyncrasies of the Windows platform is the association of the desktop, the digital workspace that users see all the time, with explorer.exe, the program in charge of ...

Whenever you click on any folder icon, explorer.exe opens. Click on any folder inside it and explorer.exe will open this folder also in the same process. This is so, by default, File Explorer opens ...

In earlier versions of Windows, you could select multiple files in an Explorer window and change the sort-by option without losing your selection. Tweak the Registry to return the capability to ...

When using Windows, under certain circumstances the Windows Desktop will not be shown. When this happens, when you login to Windows instead of seeing the desktop, start menu, or your normal icons, you ...

I've been experiencing this since RTM in November. Every once in a while my Vista Ultimate runs up to 100% CPU, for as long as I can stand to watch it before I log off or reboot or yank the power cord ...