Windows Explorer doesn't start?

Hi there ;)
Well, I think I have a somewhat peculiar problem. When I start windows, the welcome screen shows up, then it goes black, my "Documents" folder shows up but then nothing happens. I press Ctrl+Alt+Del and I can see that explorer.exe isn't running. So I ckick Run, type in "explorer" and it starts, along with the rest of the "boot" process, meaning it starts all my programs and etc... So, I have a lazy windows xD
Can anyone guess the problem?

There's a registry key that tells Windows what "shell" to load on startup. Open regtedit, and look for the key here:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Make sure that the shell key is set to be explorer.exe. It's weird, but I've seen it happen.
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