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Windows 2000 explorer crashes

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by sdmiller624

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When I right click on a file to copy and paste or to execute any other function in windows explorer an error message appears. "Explorer has generated errors & will be closed by windows. You will need to restart the program. An error log is being created." This action also takes out some programs from the systen tray. I have reinstalled windows - no difference. Any suggestions?

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by erikbutler

first i would suggest running all critical updates and SP2 if you have not. Second try to install W2k on another machine with the same CD it is possible there is a bug in your copy. If it installs fine on another machine i would wipe the machine in wuestion and install XP or NT to see if there is something wrong with the hardrive or other system component

by curlergirl

Just a thought - do you have IE 6.0 installed by any chance? I had this happen on my Win2K machine when I installed the IE6.0 upgrade - I just uninstalled it and went back to IE 5.5 SP2 and everything is fine. Hope this helps!

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