Explorer does not shutdown during shutdown after running WindowsFX
Saturday, July 22, 2006 by MichaelG | Discussion: WindowFX
Since installing WindowsFX 3.0 I have noticed the explorer.exe gets stuck during shutdown of the computer with an explorer not responding error end now dialog box. I was wondering if anyone else had experienced this problem, and if so is there a solution. Its not a serious issue, just an annoyance.
Thanks for anyone's response on this issue. 
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Timothy Robb
Reply #42 Saturday, February 17, 2007 1:12 PM
Reply #42 Saturday, February 17, 2007 1:12 PM
I have the same issue, but not just on shutdown. Explorer will crash randomly followed by Dr. Watson. I have to manually end all Dr. Watson tasks in order to get Explorer to close and reset itself. Totally not cool. Look forward to a fix. for now, I've disabled WindowFX to maintain stability.
WindowBlinds seems to be working great with no crashes.
The Silica Objects don't seem to remember their size and locations that I set them to when I restart my computer, but it doesn't bother me much. I rarely have to restart since I've disabled WindowFX.
WindowBlinds seems to be working great with no crashes.
The Silica Objects don't seem to remember their size and locations that I set them to when I restart my computer, but it doesn't bother me much. I rarely have to restart since I've disabled WindowFX.
Neil Banfield
Reply #43 Saturday, February 17, 2007 1:24 PM
Reply #43 Saturday, February 17, 2007 1:24 PM
Timothy Robb: Please make sure you have the very latest beta release of WindowFX installed (download using SDC with show prereleases enabled)
eezdva
Reply #44 Wednesday, February 28, 2007 8:18 PM
Reply #44 Wednesday, February 28, 2007 8:18 PM
hello yeah i totally see the problem i had the same...first i thought it was my zonealarm then i thought it was a virus i reinstalled windows 4 times...how stupid i am untill i got to the conclusion that i was windowfx....you can imagine how stressed out i was since i have a rather new pc.
but i really dont understand how this can be and how many people have the exact problem and this is my first version but if it has been like this that is really a big pity...
i was so happy with the programm but i just cant use it at all...
i am shocked stardock is not doing anything about this...cause it is not a bug that just a few people have as we can read here there are many...too many...windowsblinds works great my pc looks super but as my pc cant handle windows vista i was ok with the stardock solution which is maybe even better ...cheaper etc...but uhm with an error like this we should get our money back...or fix it FAST...could we get some reactions from the stardock crew...i am really sad about it and i am not using windowfx although i would really like to...
WHAT CAN WE DO ....or rather what will stardock do....
but i really dont understand how this can be and how many people have the exact problem and this is my first version but if it has been like this that is really a big pity...
i was so happy with the programm but i just cant use it at all...
i am shocked stardock is not doing anything about this...cause it is not a bug that just a few people have as we can read here there are many...too many...windowsblinds works great my pc looks super but as my pc cant handle windows vista i was ok with the stardock solution which is maybe even better ...cheaper etc...but uhm with an error like this we should get our money back...or fix it FAST...could we get some reactions from the stardock crew...i am really sad about it and i am not using windowfx although i would really like to...
WHAT CAN WE DO ....or rather what will stardock do....
Neil Banfield
Reply #45 Wednesday, February 28, 2007 8:23 PM
Reply #45 Wednesday, February 28, 2007 8:23 PM
eezdva: Install Stardock Central, enter your details and enable show pre releases.
Then install the latest build of WindowFX.
I will find out why this has not been put out as a proper release version.
eezdva
Reply #46 Wednesday, February 28, 2007 9:38 PM
Reply #46 Wednesday, February 28, 2007 9:38 PM
uhm huh....pre releases...this is my first one...the other password i deleted but you might be able to find that in your date somewhere i guess..hope we can solve the problem....
eezdva
Reply #47 Wednesday, February 28, 2007 10:03 PM
Reply #47 Wednesday, February 28, 2007 10:03 PM
ok i got some pre release but for wb and ip not for wfx pity cause there i would have liked to get one...but honestly i am a bit affraid to use it cause before i would have installed all my icons into perfection and boem there was a freeze up and internet explorer had a problem and so on and all my work was for nothing....i now have it all fixed i want to be kinda 100% it works...i am just now super carefull cause i am loving the other two i am using ...but windowfx was also one of my fav but like i said now kinda scared of it really...my question is were you able to fix the problems of the poeple who wrote here above me or are they still not using windowfx....cause it aint cool fun to have everything freeze up and lets say messed up ...
bachbeet
Reply #48 Thursday, March 15, 2007 3:59 PM
Reply #48 Thursday, March 15, 2007 3:59 PM
I have the latest releases of both WB and FX and I also have the same problems as the others. The only difference is that I didn't know the source of the problem before reading this thread. Until SD fixes this issue I will have to unload FX before shutting down. But, this won't solve the problem of explorer crashing while the computer is still on and FX is enabled. As Peter Green would say, "Oh Well."
Scott R Brooks
Reply #49 Thursday, March 15, 2007 7:30 PM
Reply #49 Thursday, March 15, 2007 7:30 PM
This is a real shame and a deal breaker for me. After almost a year of waiting for this to get fixed, it's just time to move to Vista and have the effects work correctly.
I was hoping SD will just try to fix it but it does not look like they care to even look at it.
I was hoping SD will just try to fix it but it does not look like they care to even look at it.
Daiwa
Reply #50 Wednesday, March 21, 2007 4:33 PM
Reply #50 Wednesday, March 21, 2007 4:33 PM
I think they are looking at it - not always easy to reproduce some of the less common problems encountered out "in the wild." Having another issue here with Windows Installer hanging on uninstalls via Add/Remove Programs with WFX loaded, which must not be common either. Hard to fix without being able to reproduce & debug it.
lases100
Reply #51 Tuesday, October 6, 2009 11:06 PM
Reply #51 Tuesday, October 6, 2009 11:06 PM
Hey everyone i have found a solution and it works! you have to disable task switching feature, to make the problem go away, i did it and my computer booted off fine without any explorer. exe errors!
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Reply #41 Saturday, October 28, 2006 12:30 AM