Windows explorer does not start and could not open control panel.

HP Touchsmart 610-1280
When trying to open window explorer, it says window explorer is stopped working and trying to restart. But it does not open. Cannot go to control panel.

Hello GLPP:
Can you srst up the computer in safe mode. Turn off computer and turn it back on press F-8 and hold as the computer starts up. Ounce in safe mode open up recovery manger select microsoft recovery and do a back restore recovery choose a date as close as you can before this problem occurred and do the recovery. This will fix your issue.

Similar Messages

When I double-click the tab bar, FF4 just resizes the window but does not open a new tab

When I double-click the Tab Bar, FF 4.0 just resizes the window but does not open a new tab. It happens when Menu Bar is disabled (not ticked).

Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of your add-ons is causing your problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes). 
See [[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]] and [[Troubleshooting plugins]] 
 
If it does work in Safe-mode then disable all your extensions and then try to find which is causing it by enabling one at a time until the problem reappears. 
You can use "Disable all add-ons" on the [[Safe mode]] start window to disable all extensions. 
You have to close and restart Firefox after each change via "File > Exit" (Mac: "Firefox > Quit"; Linux: "File > Quit") 
Your plugins list shows outdated plugin(s) with known security and stability risks.
* Shockwave Flash 10.0 r32
* Java Plug-in 1.6.0_03 for Netscape Navigator (DLL Helper)
Update the [[Java]] plugin to the latest version.
*http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp (Java Platform: Download JRE)
Update the [[Flash]] plugin to the latest version.
*http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/

I can only open one Firefox browser window. When I click the firefox icon from desktop or taskbar to open up another browser window it does not open. I am ablt to open up new tabs within the one window.

I can only open one Firefox browser window. When I click the firefox icon from desktop or taskbar to open up another browser window it does not open. I am ablt to open up new tabs within the one window.

Have you tried: click Firefox button > New Tab > New Window '''''OR''''' CTRL+N '''''OR''''' File > New Window (if using the Menu Bar)
Once open, Firefox locks the Profile that is in use and you can not open another window with that Firefox version and Profile combination using the Windows Desktop icon or the Windows Programs list.

I have a Mac desktop OSX Version 10.7.4 upgraded to Lion to use iCloud. Now my Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac/Build 5.0.9376 using Windows 7 does not open. What upgrade of Parallels do I need to make this work?

I have a Mac desktop OSX Version 10.7.4 upgraded to Lion to use iCloud. Now my Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac/Build 5.0.9376 using Windows 7 does not open. What upgrade of Parallels do I need to make this work? Or what do I need to do at this point?

Thank you Shootist007. I appreciate it!

Firefox does not want to open popup or when I do "file new window" it does not open it too.

When I click on a link that opens a popup, firefox does not open it. Same for "File> New Window." Then, often after Firefox starts to malfunction and no longer wants to open my bookmarks. I uninstalled and reinstalled firefox, removed all extensions .. But this does not solve my problem. can you help me please?
Excuse me for my mistakes in English, I am a French person and I try to speak English the best I can so that you can solve my problem. Thank you.
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== I clic on a link that opens a popu

Your above posted troubleshooting list shows quite a few extensions.
Did you really disable all of them and still had the problem?
See [[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]]
Which security software (firewall) do you have?
Some can block pop-ups as well.

Windows Explorer Does Not Refresh Automatically (Needs F5) AND Takes A Long Long Time To Make New File

In Windows 7, it will go into this state where it won't update folders automatically, and I have to hit F5, as well, if I go for example, New->Text Document - it will hang the desktop and take like 3-4 minutes before coming back and showing the file.
It is like something is preventing or slowing down the refresh of windows explorer.
It happens about once a day, sometimes I reboot to see if I can get it to go away.

Hi,
This kind of issue can be caused by several reasons, such as third party program, out-dated drivers.
To troubleshoot this issue, please perform the following steps:
1. Update BIOS and device drivers to the latest version.
2. If any security program is installed (anti-virus, firewall), please temporarily disable it
3. Test it in Clean Boot mode.
4. Reset Folder option:
Reset folders
==========
1. Click the Start button, type Folder Options in the Start Search box and press Enter.
2. Click View tab.
3. Click Reset folders.
4. Click Apply, click OK.
5. If it does not work, try a new account:
Create a new user account
====================
1. Click the Start Button, type User Accounts in the start search pane and press Enter.
2. Click Manage user accounts.
3. Click Create a new account, and type the name.
4. Choose account type as Computer administrator.
5. Click Create Account.
6. Log off and log on with the new account.
6. Use the following tool to remove third party extension:
ShellExView:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.zip
Hope it helps!
Vivian Xing - MSFT

Windows 8.1 windows explorer does not connect to network drives

I have a network drive (SAN) on my local network which everytime I re-install windows I cannot connect to it anymore.
Last time I fixed this issue it was just a single checkbox(or radio button) but I cannot remember where it was and what was it called.
I am getting error
"Error Code: 0x800704b3
The network path was either typed incorrectly, does not exists. or the network provider is not
currently available. Please try retyping the path or contact your network administrator."
Which none of them are true and by the way, I am the network administrator in my home network and sorry that I cannot contact myself (ain't sometimes Microsoft error messages as stupid as their developers?)
1- I can connect to internet and browse web and receive mail too. so my network connection is working perfectly.
2- I can ping my device (using both its IP and name). I can see an IP assigned to my device.
3- I can browse my device and even access its management service using firefox (I don't have internet explorer because I removed it)
4- I have File and printer sharing for microsoft network (in ethernet properties) installed and activated too.
5- windows installation is new so nothing is changed in it.
6- my firewall is not blocking the access to device either (If I disable it still cannot see the network drive)
7- Network and sharing center is empty!
8- In IPv4 advanced properties Netbios over TCP/IP is enabled too (which I think that was what fixed it last time)
9- there is no error event is listed in event viewer.
What is this problem that I have to fix every single time I install windows 8.1 I have to fix?

Hi Bob,
It seems like your network is working properly. So If you make sure your network path is correct, let us check other settings for mapping network drives.
Check if the issue persists under safe mode and make sure that “TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper” in service.mcs is running.
Make sure your computer name is unique and using NetBIOS over TCP/IP.
The computer name could be either a Netbios name or a DNS name. so if one doesn’t work check the other one.
You also could try the net use command, to see if it might return additional infomation
About netuse command:
http://technet.microsoft.com/zh-cn/library/bb490717.aspx
Regards

Windows 8.1 Explorer 11; Explorer does not open

I started with windows 8, upgraded to windows 8 pro which installed 8.1. Explorer 11 started acting up and soon no IE 11. When I click on Explorer a blank window appears. All the options are dimmed. The option I am able to open is
favorites which shows them all. However, when I click on a favorite it does absolutely nothing. It's been like this for a long time as I started using FireFox.
I have checked to be sure be sure that Explorer 11 was check off in the control panel. I've turned it off, and rebooted then turned it on an rebooted and no it did now come up. See case number 1246406578
I've tried Resetting IE Nothing happens, I tried refreshing PC nothing happens. This bothers me as even letting it delete all files it does not accept or recognize The Disk for Windows 8 pro even though I updated windows 8 using it. Ive verified
the disk key.
When I click on IE symbol, it goes to a screen layout except there is nothing active on it. The settings button shows all settings but everthing is in the background. However if I click on favorites, it shows the list and when I click on it nothing
happens.
I can find no way to update or reinstall Internet Explorer. It seems to me that it is an application but you can't remove it or install it by it self?? I am using FireFox and it works just fine. However I like IE but have not been able to
use it for months.
If you contact me please if it can be resolved lets try email first as my hearing is real bad. [email protected]
Thanks for any help....
Chet

The IE user forum is at answers.microsoft.com
This forum is for help in writing web sites.
Visual C++ MVP

Opening a file from File Explorer does not open in Office 2013, Windows 7

When opening a DOCX from file explorer, Office Word will open but it will not load the file unless
you open it from Office Word.

Hi,
Please first try to find the Word template file "Normal.dotm" and rename it to "Normal.old", then restart Microsoft Word to check the result. By default, the Normal.dotm file can be found in:
C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates
If above doesn't fix the issue, please try to force a re-register of Word in the Windows registry to check if it helps. To do this, please follow:
1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. Click Browse.
3. Locate the Office folder, click the Winword.exe file, and then click
Open. The Winword.exe file is located in the following folder by default:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15
Note The path to Winword.exe is enclosed in quotation marks.
4. Click in the Open box, and then reposition the insertion point outside of (to the right of) the closing quotation mark at the end of the path statement.
5. Type a space, followed by the /r switch:
“C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\Winword.exe” /r
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Steve Fan
TechNet Community Support

Windows Explorer does not like java-files

First, I know this is very off-topic, but bear with me anyway.
I have discovered that the search-function in Windows-Explorer shows an erratic behaviour when encountering java-files (and probably other files). I did the following:
Created c:\temp\test.java with the following contents:
testI right-clicked on c:\temp, then search, and told it to look for test. Nothing. Renamed the file test.java->test.txt. Tried another search and found the file. Ok, probably an index problem, ignoring all java-files.
Then I tried the following
Choosed the root of a project with over 1000 java-files, set to search for the keyword public. Nothing. I tried the keyword class. Nothing. Then I tried for, and voila, 8 files found.
Has anyone else encountered this particular Windows-Feature? I am using Windows XP SP2. Can anyone verify if this is a SP2 problem?
Bonus question: Does anyone know the algorithm of this Microsoft-search?

Windows search does also look for text in certain
files, and ".java" is not one of them. You need to
add the extension to the search list by manually
adding data to the registry
(http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle
.asp?ID=323).Ah yes. But... why does it find some files?
That is the thing what bothers me. If it hadn't found
anything, I would say the usual "Win is crap" phrase
and forget about it.I thought the index server might be causing that.

Field explorer does not open on my terminal services profile

Dear Sirs,
For some reason I am unable to open my field explorer in any crystal report on my terminal services profile. I have checked with other profiles and the problem does not exist. The problem is specific to my profile. I can also create new reports and access fields however if I use the filed explorer button I cannot access fields, parameters or formulas from there. Problem just started this morning. We have been using crystal reports X1 for last 12 months. Would it be a terminal server issue?
I would appreciate whatever help you can give me.
Regards,
Philip Brady
Finance Director
National Electrical Wholesalers (Irl) Ltd

Hi Philip
This can be an issue with the terminal server that you are using. Please refer to the Crystal Reports XI supported platforms guide if the server that you are using is supported or not.
You can download the guide from the below link:
[download CR XI supported platforms guide|http://www.2shared.com/file/4065156/f2ef25e1/cr_xi_supported_platforms.html]
Hope this helps!!
Regards
Sourashree

ITunes 10.4 Windows 7 Does not Open

After updating itunes to 10.4 on my Windows 7 (Sp1) 64 bit system, iTunes will not open. I have dug deeply into the Community suggests and followed recommended advnice including the 7/14/11 "Removing and Reinstalling iTunes." I did uninstall ALL Apple programs (iTunes, QT, SOftware update, Mobile Device Support, Bonjour, and Apple Application Support. Removed all program references as well. (Computer literate, CompTIA A+ certified so fairly knowledgeable although we all know a little knowledge is a dangerous thing!)
As a work around until an update fixes the problem, I did discover that using Windows 7 "Troubleshoot Compatibility" opten WILL open iTunes 10.4 so at least for now I have a workaround.
Looking forward to the "old days" when it starts in Win7.
Thanks,
Ed

Using the Windows 7 Troubleshooting Capability and it did try to start iTunes (a black window flashed briefly) but was unsuccessful.

Window safari does not open...

hi, usually when the os starts it opens a few apps
but recently one of those appas ,SAFARI, opens but without opening a window!
I must each morning tip a "cmd n" to open a safari windows,
I do not understand what's wrong?

Just talked with support... two options...
Opton 1 (turns off the new "Resume" feature which is new to Lion...) Under System Prefs, click OFF the check box for Restore windows when quitting and re-openingn apps....
Option 2... when you quit Safari, include the option key... so option-command-Q to quit... this quits and discards the windows you have open...
Made my protest to this silly change known... it should be a check box in Safari to load last page, not effect another programs functionability... You're slipping Apple... that's a Microsoft move!

New window popup does not open on Windows

hi,
when I open an new window in a Premiere HTML5 extension on Mac, it works,
but no window opens on Windows.
newwindow = window.open('www.adobe.com','name','height=200,width=150');
Trying to apply moveTo() or focus() after open() returns Cannot call ... method of undefined.
I wonder what causes this, probably it just gets blocked. By Windows? Premiere on Windows? Chrome in the extension on Windows?
Is there something I can do about this?
I cannot open it in the default browser because ultimately the window popup is a Paypal popup
opened by a webpage loaded in an iframe- which gives the same result as trying to open a window directly from within the extension as described above,
thanks,
Jeff.

This is a known issue of CEP; we disabled these methods (with window.open() or <a href=url >) to open a new page. A work around is using API CSInterface.openURLInDefaultBrowser(url) to open it in system default browser. I am afraid that CEP does not provide other work around methods if openURLInDefaultBrowser() cannot suit your requirements.

Re: Windows Gadgets Does Not Open

hello,
When I click gadgets either by right clicking desktop or under control panel, absolutely nothing happens! I have read the forums for hours and tried many things but doesn't seem to be any solution.
I have windows 8.1 64 bit. I just tried uninstalling gadgets but I don't think that will work as I've tried it before.
Thanks!

Hi,
Where did you get the Gadgets? As I known, there is no official version of gadgets in Windows 8 and 8.1.
I'm not sure why your gadgets doesn't work since it wasn't on behalf of Microsoft/Windows, maybe the incompatible issue or permission issue.
You can try to install it under compatible mode and run it as administrator.
To better solve your issue, you should contact the provider support to know whether this app is compatible with Windows 8.
Thanks for your understanding.
Kate Li
TechNet Community Support

Windows explorer does not start and could not open control panel.

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for