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Windows explorer stops working
06-01-2011 10:43 PM
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Every time I try to copy or cut a file I get a message that windows stops working. The only modification today was that I defrged the drives and updated windows, also i am using a new mouse . I have win7
I would be grateful if someone could throw some light on the matter
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06-01-2011 11:01 PM
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Fault Module Name: QVPSE3.DLL
Re: Windows explorer stops working
07-01-2011 8:26 AM
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If you use Cut or Copy from the Explorer Organize menu then this will Run certain executable files. This doesn't happen if you do a right mouse click and select Cut or Copy.
If you start with a fresh install of Windows 7 the problem is not there immediately but it has always manifest for me after a while. Maybe morgan2476 has found the answer to this problem - if I could understand it!
Re: Windows explorer stops working
08-01-2011 5:31 PM
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08-01-2011 5:38 PM
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I take it when you use the term "the only", your not being sarcastic? Because Im not sure if you realise this, but updating Windows and defragging the hard drive are probably both in the top 10 major open heart surgery you can do to Windows, and Windows updates *OFTEN* cause weird and wonderful errors, some transient, some not.
Quote from: morgan2476 The only modification today was that I defrged the drives and updated windows, also i am using a new mouse .
Re: Windows explorer stops working
08-01-2011 7:28 PM
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Quote from: morgan2476 QVPSE3.DLL
Do you have Quick View Plus installed? Make sure that it's up to date (i.e. that you're running a version that is compatible with Windows 7. I don't use this software but I suspect it installs shell extensions and they are the cause of most Explorer crashes.
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08-01-2011 8:32 PM
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Quote from: fourfourdevon ........... Windows updates *OFTEN* cause weird and wonderful errors, some transient, some not.
Windows updates are often BLAMED for causing weird and wonderful errors but I strongly suspect they stand falsely accused more often than not. Since Windows updates arrive monthly, there is roughly a one in four chance of any random event happening within about a week of the last Windows update. If the problem goes away when you uninstall the update then blame the update.
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08-01-2011 8:42 PM
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As a single source of failure/problems, MS update was the most common.
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09-01-2011 9:21 AM
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One often reads of public-sector departments being struck down with a computer virus and this frequently happens after the release of a Windows update that would have granted them immunity to the virus had it been installed. See, for example, http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/02/gmp_conficker/ ; . So although you may be damned if you do apply Windows updates, you may also be damned if you don't!
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09-01-2011 11:56 AM
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I once used to spend hours downloading windows updates over 56k modem years ago. All they seemed to do was make the machine a dud after the 9th or 10th update being installed (in chronological order). That was Win98.
Same thing with WinME.
No better with XP (with the exception of SP2).
I now don't bother at all. It seems pointless to go through all that aggravation only to have to format the drive and start again.
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