Vista EXPLORER.EXE goes south

> Periodically...maybe 2-3 daily...EXPLORER.EXE seems to get confused. Mouse
> no longer points to correct items. Firing up Explorer to view a folder
> contents opened the window but never populates it...blank. Quicklaunch icons
> aren't reachable they are off the screen and cannot be reached. Cannot even
> click START to access shutdown/reboot. Use Task manager to End task task
> Explorer.exe and then use it to enter New task..."explorer.exe". Problem
> goes away. Any thoughts...Running Vista Ultimate...Help
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> I had the same problem and I found the following link in another forum. I've
> had the hotfix running for about 18 hours here and NO explorer.exe woes
> anymore. Give it a try, the link is
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b/932406/en-us
>
> "Confounded Paul" wrote:
>

> > Periodically...maybe 2-3 daily...EXPLORER.EXE seems to get confused. Mouse
> > no longer points to correct items. Firing up Explorer to view a folder
> > contents opened the window but never populates it...blank. Quicklaunch icons
> > aren't reachable they are off the screen and cannot be reached. Cannot even
> > click START to access shutdown/reboot. Use Task manager to End task task
> > Explorer.exe and then use it to enter New task..."explorer.exe". Problem
> > goes away. Any thoughts...Running Vista Ultimate...Help
> >
> > ----------------
> > This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> > suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> > Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
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> > click "I Agree" in the message pane.
> >
> > http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/com...ce_maintenance