Windows 10: I can't open explorer.exe when I do so I can see taskbar for half a second but then it closes

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  1. PATOCALZONES
    PatoCalzones Win User

    I can't open explorer.exe when I do so I can see taskbar for half a second but then it closes


    I can't open explorer.exe when I do so I can see taskbar for half a second but then it closes.

    I can open everything else using Task Manager, so I've asked on a Discord Community and they said that it's probably a bug, and not a virus.

    I've runned sfc /scannow in cmd but it didn't detect anything

    :)
     
    PatoCalzones, Dec 22, 2020
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  2. HAPECAT
    hapEcat Win User

    rundll32.exe opens and closes continiously

    All this started back in early August, or about the time "Windows Creator" was installed.
    I have sound notifications for processes that open or close, a paranoia from long ago, or I would have never known this was going on.

    rundll32.exe continuously opens and closes (1-2sec intervals) when a "windows explorer" R click menu is pulled up. I can pull up "MS Process Explorer" and it all stops. Found the culprit process by 1st pulling up "Process Explorer" and then R click on any icon pinned to the taskbar. I could then see the process open and closing.

    I'm sure someone will suggest to simply just turn off the sounds for opening and closing, but I like to know when something is happening that is not normal, and a continual opening and closing of a process is not normal.... Normally all is quiet.
     
    hapEcat, Dec 22, 2020
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  3. DREAMING VOID
    Dreaming Void Win User
    Taskbar hides and shows itself after opening start menu.

    Steps:

    1. Using HDMI for a second monitor.
    2. Open start menu using the icon.
    3. Close start menu using the icon.
    4. Click anywhere other than the task bars. (e.g. an open window, the desktop, even the first monitor's desktop)
    5. Taskbar on second monitor slides down to be hidden.
    6. Taskbar then immediately slides up to reappear.

    If after closing the start menu (step 3), you click on the taskbar, then click outside the taskbar, this behavior does not occur.

    Performing the steps on the main monitor's taskbar does not produce this behavior.

    This has been happening for as long as I can remember using this laptop (~3years), with different nVidia drivers and Windows 10 updates.
     
    Dreaming Void, Dec 22, 2020
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  4. DORIANDESOUZA FARIA
    DorianDesouza Faria Win User

    I can't open explorer.exe when I do so I can see taskbar for half a second but then it closes

    why does the file explorer closes everytime a folder with exe programs is opened. an error

    Hi

    Thanks for your help.

    Unfortunately it did not work.

    The MS support walked thru similar steps, we even reinstalled, deleted the folder but with no resolution.

    It is strange because this happens specifically on folders that have .exe programs. I can access other folders.

    The programs within the directory are listed and about 20 seconds later it closes.

    regards

    Dorian
     
    DorianDesouza Faria, Dec 22, 2020
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