Solved Another case of Explorer not starting in desktop

All of a sudden i can no longer view IE11 from the desktop. It will not start at all and gives the message "Explorer has stopped working". I have tried the following -

• the advice provided ion previous posts on this site
• switching Explorer off, rebooting, switching it back on and rebooting again
• Registry clean
• disabling anti virus and firewall
• system restore - this however failed on several restore dates because it could not find a file.

I can use Explorer if started from the tile but it is a completely different format with no tool bars, add-on etc.

Any ideas?

If you have not already done so, you can try this MSFixit Program to reset IE to defaults:

How to reset Internet Explorer settings

Click the + sign next to Automatically to gain access/download the Fixiit Program.

I would recommend using the "sfc /scannow" command to see if it finds any corrupt files.

See this link: How To Use SFC Scannow to Repair Windows System Files

Thanks

I have tried both of those but to no avail.

bizzarre

Unbelievable - I switched off and left it for a while and now Explorer works perfectly. Its return is as mysterious as its departure!

Lol.

I can think of many wild goose chases I could have solved just by turning the PC off for a few minutes, rather than doing restarts.

Some things just seem to stay locked in memory and keep giving you the same problem.

I guess the "Have you tried turning it off and on" advice really does have some merit. :shock: (as long as you give it a minute or two)