Desktop Taskbar 3

[audiopro]

My desktop taskbar has stopped responding, I have searched on Google and the experts suggest all kinds of Mickey Mouse fixes but none of the ones I have tried actually worked.

Is there a solution or is the latest update another pile of wotsits churned out by MS?

Keith

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk

 

[hairlessupportmonkey]

Can you elaborate on the issue and what have you tried from these other experts.

ACSS - SME
General Geek

 

[audiopro]

I did a system scan and that showed nothing wrong.
They suggest removing and restoring all the windows apps - that sounds like they have no clue what the problem is.
Create a new account - how on earth could that ever solve any problem?

Keith

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk

 

[xwb]

The taskbar is another explorer process.

ctrl-alt-del

get the task manager. Kill off explorer, windows+r type explorer to create a new explorer.

Might be worth switching on "Launch folder windows in a separate process

 

[audiopro]

Restarting the box restores the functionality but the taskbar can stop working at any time after that.
Some days it works all day while other days it stops several times, very annoying.

Keith

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk

 

[2ffat]

Create a new account - how on earth could that ever solve any problem?

It sounds like they suspect a problem with the registry. Creating a new user creates new entries for the registry. Each user has some NTUser.dat files that are loaded when the user logs in. These tend to get corrupted. I see this way too often.


James P. Cottingham
I'm number 1,229!
I'm number 1,229!

 

[audiopro]

Further investigation has revealed that the cause is Windows Explorer stopping.
Running task manager gives the option of restarting it and then all is well.
If I had a car that did that I would take it to the dealer for it to be fixed.



Keith

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk

 

[hairlessupportmonkey]

Ok, have you changed your view from Quick View to This PC:
(fixes a number of explorer crashes for me)

ACSS - SME
General Geek

 

[Beilstwh]

Also my PC is MUCH less buggy since I started to run PIROFORM's CCleaner (the free version) once a week. It does a great job cleaning up the registry. Only download the one from

http://www.piroform.com

There are other download sites but many of them are hacked versions. I am not affiliated with Piroform in anyway, just a very satisfied customer.

Bill
Lead Application Developer
New York State, USA

 

[kjv1611]

Thanks to hairlessupportmonkey for the mention of opening Explorer to "This PC" - hadn't yet noticed that, and at least at times, that's what I'd prefer anyway.

"But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Corinthians 15:57

 

[audiopro]

I may be commenting too soon but opening to ThisPC seem to have solved the problem.

Keith

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk

 

[hairlessupportmonkey]

Good stuff, and thanks for the Pink!

ACSS - SME
General Geek

 

[audiopro]

My taskbar is stopping again, for no apparent reason.
I can restart Windows Explorer and everything is OK for a while.
Has anyone any clue what is causing Windows Explorer to close down?


Keith

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk

 

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Entry in Event Viewer
The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID
{D63B10C5-BB46-4990-A94F-E40B9D520160}
and APPID
{9CA88EE3-ACB7-47C8-AFC4-AB702511C276}
to the user NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM SID (S-1-5-18) from address LocalHost (Using LRPC) running in the application container Unavailable SID (Unavailable).
This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool.

I suspect the problem is caused by running Filezilla but the question is, how to fix it.
The associated fixing tools and help guides appear to have been written by aliens.


Keith

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk

 

[hairlessupportmonkey]

try running the filezilla executable as administrator.

ACSS - SME
General Geek

 

[audiopro]

Running as administrator kills the taskbar too.
The guy at Filezilla suggests that something in Windows is corrupted and suggests a reinstall.
I need to get a drive to copy all my data to in case the whole thing goes pear shaped, that is a job for this next week.

Keith

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk

 

[audiopro]

I have seen it suggested to change permissions of a couple of registry keys in AppID.
One key being - {9CA88EE3-ACB7-47c8-AFC4-AB702511C276}
I tried to change the permissions but even under admin user, it could not be changed for some reason.

Keith

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk

 

[kjv1611]

If it is a Windows issue, and it sounds probable at this point, you could try:
[ol 1][li]from DOS prompt: sfc /scannow[/li]
[li]If you've had the issue from day one, or after an update, or after new hardware installation, perhaps try checking drivers[/li]
[li]Revert to a restore point likely before first issue occurence[/li]
[li]If that bears no fruit, you could try running a repair install of Windows, keeping everything intact[/li]
[/ol]

Each of those should take less time and be less destructive than a full reinstall.

Of course, in the end, if it is a Windows issue, a reinstall should fix it.

"But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Corinthians 15:57

 

[audiopro]

Thanks
I have run a repair install and although the computer is now going faster I am still having issues with explorer, in fact it is worse now than it was before the repair.
When you say checking drivers, what am I checking for?

The program explorer.exe version 10.0.14393.479 stopped interacting with Windows and was closed. To see if more information about the problem is available, check the problem history in the Security and Maintenance control panel.
 Process ID: 314
 Start Time: 01d271bf85dafe4b
 Termination Time: 0
 Application Path: C:\Windows\explorer.exe
 Report Id: dee51a4d-ddb2-11e6-83c4-7427ea2cce55
 Faulting package full name: 
 Faulting package-relative application ID:

Keith

http://www.studiosoft.co.uk

 

[hairlessupportmonkey]

Whats the error in the windows event logs?

ACSS - SME
General Geek