Windows 10: Help with this error that flashes every time I restart my PC?? The instruction at...

Hello, I keep getting this error message any time I restart my PC. I think it may be harming my gaming, so I’d like a way to fix this. Thank you.

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How to troubleshoot an error that appears only at Restart or Sign out?

I get an error pop-up error message not every, but almost every time I Restart or Sign out. It's the screen with blue background and on top of Restart or Sign out text an error window says:

Explorer.exe - Application error. The instruction at 0x000… referenced memory at 0x000... The memory could not be written.

Sometimes the error code is just zeros, sometimes random numbers. I have tried so much already to troubleshoot this. For example these did not help in any way:

• MemTest86+ (no problems)
• Disabling any Services, Autoruns/ShellExView entries
• Low resolution mode
• BIOS settings are fine, no overclocking etc.
• DISM.exe and sfc
• etc.

However, these do make the error go away:

• End process for explorer.exe before Restart or Sign out
• Safe Mode
• Creating a new user profile (almost the same as clean installing Windows, many full days of work)
• Uninstalling NVIDIA graphics driver (then the card is unusable, of course)
• Disabling Device Manager / Display Adapters / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

I already contacted NVIDIA and the graphics driver is not the culprit. Something has gone wrong with the user profile as the same driver works just fine in a new profile (and there's nothing wrong with the driver anyway, it's just the Restart or Sign out process that has a problem).

What can I do to fix this? One useful thing would be to have a step-by-step procedure for the Sign out. So that it'd ask before continuing to the next step and list what it's doing. Or if I could just disable whatever it does when the error appears.

 

How to: Recover from bad flash with no secondary card or onboard.

Step 1: Turn your PC on normally.
Step 2: Press f8 and go into safe mode.
Step 3: When you're in safe mode, go into device manager and disable your video card.
Step 4: Restart computer(don't go into safe mode).
Step 5: Flash your card like you normally do.
Step 6: Go into device manager and enable your video card.
Step 7: Restart pc and it will work.
I found this method when I flashed my 4870 and restarted pc by accident. This method worked for me when I was using a ATI card, can someone confirm that this method works for Nvidia cards.

I posted this on OCN and I might as well post it on this forum to help out others.

 

Windows 10 startup menu refreshes each time the PC is restarted

Hello CookieLatte,

A corrupted Windows component is possibly causing the Start menu items to reset every time you restart your PC. To help you resolve the issue, I suggest performing the troubleshooting steps outlined in this
support article. The page
has instructions on how to troubleshoot issues with Start menu in Windows 10. Please make sure that you're signed in as the administrator in order to perform the tasks listed in the link.

Let me know the results.