Explorer.exe is not running once logged in?

Hi there,

Heres my specs:

AMD ATHLON X2 64 4600+
2Gb DDR2 800mhz PNY RAM
Gigabyte S4 SLi Mobo
Radeon X1950 pro gfx
500gb Maxtor SATA drive (Vista Ultimate loaded on , 1 partition) Primary boot!
80gb Seagate IDE drive (Vista Corportate loaded on but never used apart from
music etc.)

It just came out of the blue, possibly after an update on my PC or something
, but when I logged in all I could see was a window opened up in my User
folder. So I navigated from there to my Windows folder and manually clicked
and ran explorer.exe which then caused everything I should expect on the
desktop to appear e.g. ( Taskbar, Sidebar, Icons etc.).
I checked the file to see if it was corrupted and it is not and it is
obviously not deleted either or else I wouldnt be talking to you right now
lol.
I checked msconfig.exe to see if it was blocked but it is not but i cant
find it in there.

Please help me , ok I know its not critical but it is a real nuisance having
to navigate from My Documents to Windows every time I logon just so I can get
my desktop up and running.

Thanks

download autoruns from micrsoft (free)

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys.../AutoRuns.mspx

see if you have this entry: SEE SCREENSHOT (red circle)

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/9208/sshot2qy3.jpg


tell us what you see




"Spartan117.Halo" <> wrote in
message news:7131625C-1BA8-4648-B3F3-...
> Hi there,
>
> Heres my specs:
>
> AMD ATHLON X2 64 4600+
> 2Gb DDR2 800mhz PNY RAM
> Gigabyte S4 SLi Mobo
> Radeon X1950 pro gfx
> 500gb Maxtor SATA drive (Vista Ultimate loaded on , 1 partition) Primary
> boot!
> 80gb Seagate IDE drive (Vista Corportate loaded on but never used apart
> from
> music etc.)
>
> It just came out of the blue, possibly after an update on my PC or
> something
> , but when I logged in all I could see was a window opened up in my User
> folder. So I navigated from there to my Windows folder and manually
> clicked
> and ran explorer.exe which then caused everything I should expect on the
> desktop to appear e.g. ( Taskbar, Sidebar, Icons etc.).
> I checked the file to see if it was corrupted and it is not and it is
> obviously not deleted either or else I wouldnt be talking to you right now
> lol.
> I checked msconfig.exe to see if it was blocked but it is not but i cant
> find it in there.
>
> Please help me , ok I know its not critical but it is a real nuisance
> having
> to navigate from My Documents to Windows every time I logon just so I can
> get
> my desktop up and running.
>
> Thanks

yes explorer.exe is there

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/579/screenvn2.jpg

"Tibery-OS" wrote:

> download autoruns from micrsoft (free)
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys.../AutoRuns.mspx
>
> see if you have this entry: SEE SCREENSHOT (red circle)
>
> http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/9208/sshot2qy3.jpg
>
>
> tell us what you see
>
>
>
>
> "Spartan117.Halo" <> wrote in
> message news:7131625C-1BA8-4648-B3F3-...
> > Hi there,
> >
> > Heres my specs:
> >
> > AMD ATHLON X2 64 4600+
> > 2Gb DDR2 800mhz PNY RAM
> > Gigabyte S4 SLi Mobo
> > Radeon X1950 pro gfx
> > 500gb Maxtor SATA drive (Vista Ultimate loaded on , 1 partition) Primary
> > boot!
> > 80gb Seagate IDE drive (Vista Corportate loaded on but never used apart
> > from
> > music etc.)
> >
> > It just came out of the blue, possibly after an update on my PC or
> > something
> > , but when I logged in all I could see was a window opened up in my User
> > folder. So I navigated from there to my Windows folder and manually
> > clicked
> > and ran explorer.exe which then caused everything I should expect on the
> > desktop to appear e.g. ( Taskbar, Sidebar, Icons etc.).
> > I checked the file to see if it was corrupted and it is not and it is
> > obviously not deleted either or else I wouldnt be talking to you right now
> > lol.
> > I checked msconfig.exe to see if it was blocked but it is not but i cant
> > find it in there.
> >
> > Please help me , ok I know its not critical but it is a real nuisance
> > having
> > to navigate from My Documents to Windows every time I logon just so I can
> > get
> > my desktop up and running.
> >
> > Thanks
>
>
>