How to fix explorer.exe doesn’t start at boot

Feb

2009

How to fix explorer.exe doesn’t start at boot

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If your Windows Vista doesn’t manage to start explorer.exe on boot, you may want to try a couple of steps in order to make sure that your operating system has not got any virus and that it is running fine. Here is what to do.

First of all scan your computer with an antivirus and antispyware to be sure that it hasn’t got anything harmful.
As a second step, boot your computer in safe mode to make sure that any software installed by you has not interfered with your operating system.
Right after that click Start – in the Search Box, type regedit and press Enter. Locate this key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon and make sure that, in the right pane, the subkey Shell having the value Explorer.exe is available
As a final step click Start – in the search box, type sfc /scannow and press Enter.
When the scanning is over, right click on the result – run as Administrator and read KB928228 to understand how to use this data.

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12 Comments to “How to fix explorer.exe doesn’t start at boot”

nicolas Says:
June 3rd, 2009

Ok, please i followed this by letter but it didin’t resolved my problem omg, i am tired about starting it manually help
Web Talk Says:
June 4th, 2009

Most probabily you have got a virus. try to scan your computer with this:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
William Pastuszka Says:
June 4th, 2009

Or even better still get Windows Live OneCare that will most definately tell you if you have a virus & get rid of the virus software after this download Gmer rootkit detector & then you will get rid of the virus completely.
If you get stuck with any of this feel free to ask & i will run through the above with you.
Regards,
William
William Pastuszka Says:
June 4th, 2009

Do not forget when you find the virus- make sure that you report it to Microsoft, who then will be able to identify its owner.
murat Says:
January 25th, 2010

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rogeriotitan Says:
January 27th, 2010

thank youuu sooo much! you saved my day!!!!!!
Helmi Says:
January 28th, 2010

thank u very much. it worked when i used the regedit method and found in section shell additional .exe file next to explorer.exe ehen i removed it becomes solved
Optimator Says:
March 21st, 2010

Yup, the regedit method worked for me too. Thx a lot!
Dandraffbal Says:
July 13th, 2010

This article made me look at that registry key, but I saw it was correct. Then I scrolled down a little bit and noticed that my problem was because the ‘Userinit” key was set to “X:\Windows\System32\userinit.exe”
Obviously, I don’t have Windows installed on the X: drive, so I changed it to C: and that fixed my problem. (I think this happened because someone tried to re-install Windows Vista, but it failed and failed to change that key back. WinPE mounts itself on the X: drive).
Thanks a bunch!
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thomas Says:
March 11th, 2011

hi there, my pc doesnt give the chance to go on safe mode it restarts the computer.
Freddy B. Says:
May 11th, 2012

@Dandraffbal:
My userinit.exe key was wrong, as well… but instead of the drive letter being incorrect, there was a “hanging” comma at the end. Deleting the comma fixed my problem.