Gah.

[dewinged]

Okay, anyone who's really, really good with computers...help?

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Okay, this started today. I did some virus and spyware scans and cleared anything up. But, every time I turn on my computer, I get this.

Explorer has caused an error in ~5151546057.TMP. Explorer will now close.

Now, When I do close, even if I don't have Explorer open, my toolbar and desktop icons disappear. So shutting down without restarting is a problem, and I have No idea how to fix this.

Help, please.

Comments

[edg.livejournal.com]

Is it the same filename every time (i.e., is it always ~5151546057.TMP, or does the file change)? If it is, try deleting the file, if you can find it, and see what that does. Also, assuming you can get there - most variations of Windows will let you get to a startup menu if you hit F8 when the machine first boots - try going into Safe Mode, going to Start > Run... > 'msconfig', and seeing what's running when you start your computer. (You need Systray, and you should probably keep Task Monitor; other than that, you can pretty much safely get rid of anything else.)

Good luck!