Microsoft Explorer crashin frequently (Windows 8.1)

Question

HI,
My explorer crashes frequently since the last update. I get the runtime error. Here is log from event viewer -
Faulting application name: explorer.exe, version: 6.3.9600.17039, time stamp: 0x53156588
Faulting module name: msvcrt.dll, version: 7.0.9600.16384, time stamp: 0x5215f944
Exception code: 0x40000015
Fault offset: 0x0000000000055326
Faulting process id: 0x2628
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf6994bef025ea
Faulting application path: C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll
Report Id: aae98e0e-d5af-11e3-be8b-6036dda535fb
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

Answer 1

If the error persists it may be useful to obtain a user mode dump of the crash and see if a third party module is actually causing the crash.
You can configure Windows to create user-mode dumps. Create a System Restore Point first.
If you copy and paste the following in Notepad and save as a .reg file, then right-click the .reg file and select "Merge" to add to the registry, a .dmp file at the time explorer.exe crashes should be created in the C:\CrashDumps folder:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\LocalDumps\explorer.exe]
"DumpFolder"=hex(2):43,00,3a,00,5c,00,43,00,72,00,61,00,73,00,68,00,44,00,75,\
00,6d,00,70,00,73,00,00,00
After Explorer (explorer.exe) crashes, can you then make the .dmp file available (provide link) via a public folder on OneDrive or similar site?
Here's a couple of links on using OneDrive (SkyDrive):
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/skydrive/add-photos-files-faq
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/onedrive/share-file-folder
More info on collecting user-mode dumps:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb787181(VS.85).aspx