Control Panal Crash

When i try to open the Control Panal, i get an error message that says:
Windows exporer has stopped working. Then, the whole interface restarts, and
i still cant open the control panal! what can i do?

When i try to open the Control Panal, i get an error message that says:
Windows exporer has stopped working. Then, the whole interface restarts, and
i still cant open the control panal! what can i do?

Have you installed the latest video drivers for you graphics card? Have you
checked Event Viewer to see if there any error messages relating to this
Explorer failure? Did you check processes tab on Task Manager to see if
there are strange processes that you are not sure about that could possibly
becausing this? Did you install any applications recently that could be
could be causing the Explorer failure?

check the Application, System, and Security Event Viewer logs (right
click My Computer --> Manage) for any errors corresponding to the time that
you tried to connect and then post them here.
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"Spencer" <Spencer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> When i try to open the Control Panal, i get an error message that says:
> Windows exporer has stopped working. Then, the whole interface restarts,
> and
> i still cant open the control panal! what can i do?

It's purely a random Vista crash - I get the same thing on one of my
machines - there's nothing I can do about it either, except pester the beta
teams (

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"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Have you installed the latest video drivers for you graphics card? Have
> you checked Event Viewer to see if there any error messages relating to
> this Explorer failure? Did you check processes tab on Task Manager to see
> if there are strange processes that you are not sure about that could
> possibly becausing this? Did you install any applications recently that
> could be could be causing the Explorer failure?
>
> check the Application, System, and Security Event Viewer logs (right
> click My Computer --> Manage) for any errors corresponding to the time
> that
> you tried to connect and then post them here.
> --
> --
> Andre
> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>
>
> "Spencer" <Spencer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:09EC3DE6-7F53-45E0-9E46-BBBC560FC3A8@microsoft.com...

>
>

well how do you change settings without a controll panal!? because of this i
cant connect to the internet to get a bug fix, if they come out with one.

"Zack Whittaker" wrote:

> It's purely a random Vista crash - I get the same thing on one of my
> machines - there's nothing I can do about it either, except pester the beta
> teams (
>
> --
> Zack Whittaker
> » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
> » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
> » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
> » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not
> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
> that up!
>
> --: Original message follows :--
> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:O1MmFuBjGHA.3408@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>
>
>

Ive been having random "lockups" of various windows, including control panel,
IE, start button etc fairly often on mine. I have yet to figure out why.
Ive turned off everything that can be off, including aero and it still
happens. Even after format/reinstall it still persists (though to a lesser
extent).

"Spencer" wrote:

> When i try to open the Control Panal, i get an error message that says:
> Windows exporer has stopped working. Then, the whole interface restarts, and
> i still cant open the control panal! what can i do?

I have somewhat the same issue..I dont crash but it just never comes up..The
same thing happens if I try and start anything from the START bar, I need to
go into programs and look it up for it to start. This issue is also for the
UPDATE, I can not get to Vista update..
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"Spencer" wrote:

> well how do you change settings without a controll panal!? because of this i
> cant connect to the internet to get a bug fix, if they come out with one.
>
> "Zack Whittaker" wrote:
>

After updating display drivers, etc. I still had the same problem. I had
performed an upgrade over an existing XP install - so all the old Control
Panel (.CPL) files were on the system. I searched for them, and removed every
CPL that was dated older than the Vista installation (to another folder, just
in case).

It wouldn't let me remove a couple of them related to the Sound drivers
(RealTek) but this didn't stop it working fine in the end.

And it worked - I can now successfully open up the Vista Control Panel! I
have the same problem with the Network Connections view, so will see if I can
find a similar solution.

Good luck

"Spencer" wrote:

> When i try to open the Control Panal, i get an error message that says:
> Windows exporer has stopped working. Then, the whole interface restarts, and
> i still cant open the control panal! what can i do?

fyi, I had this problem when I upgraded...so I reinstalled into a new
location, which ended up being c:\windows anyways, and vista moved my old
windows/program files/mydocs to windows.old. then I just moved back what I
needed. that worked perfectly.

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"Axol" <Axol@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> After updating display drivers, etc. I still had the same problem. I had
> performed an upgrade over an existing XP install - so all the old Control
> Panel (.CPL) files were on the system. I searched for them, and removed
> every
> CPL that was dated older than the Vista installation (to another folder,
> just
> in case).
>
> It wouldn't let me remove a couple of them related to the Sound drivers
> (RealTek) but this didn't stop it working fine in the end.
>
> And it worked - I can now successfully open up the Vista Control Panel! I
> have the same problem with the Network Connections view, so will see if I
> can
> find a similar solution.
>
> Good luck
>
> "Spencer" wrote:
>

Maybe Being dim, but where do I get access to th cpl files?
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Charles Forrest


"Axol" wrote:

> After updating display drivers, etc. I still had the same problem. I had
> performed an upgrade over an existing XP install - so all the old Control
> Panel (.CPL) files were on the system. I searched for them, and removed every
> CPL that was dated older than the Vista installation (to another folder, just
> in case).
>
> It wouldn't let me remove a couple of them related to the Sound drivers
> (RealTek) but this didn't stop it working fine in the end.
>
> And it worked - I can now successfully open up the Vista Control Panel! I
> have the same problem with the Network Connections view, so will see if I can
> find a similar solution.
>
> Good luck
>
> "Spencer" wrote:
>