Explorer.exe not shutting down automatically when using WindowFX?
Wednesday, January 21, 2004 by jakoby | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
As much as I love WinFX, it's annoying to have to force explorer.exe closed in order to shut down. If I uninstall it, then shutdown is fine - any ideas what could be causing this? Thanks...
grindlestone
Reply #2 Wednesday, March 3, 2004 4:27 AM
Reply #2 Wednesday, March 3, 2004 4:27 AM
I have this problem too, under Windows 2000 (though it sometimes happens in XP too). Surely someone else must have encountered this? Do the guys at Stardock know? In know for a fact that this did not happen in 1.x version.
Stumpy
Reply #3 Wednesday, March 3, 2004 5:22 AM
Reply #3 Wednesday, March 3, 2004 5:22 AM
My shutdown sometime acts like a reboot, does that count 
grindlestone
Reply #4 Thursday, March 4, 2004 5:17 AM
Reply #4 Thursday, March 4, 2004 5:17 AM
It's possible I suppose. It is quite an anoying bug actually. Messes up an otherwise tidy setup as far as I'm concerned.
White_Moth
Reply #5 Thursday, March 4, 2004 8:25 AM
Reply #5 Thursday, March 4, 2004 8:25 AM
I seem to have noticed that the problem only occurs when I set WinFX 2.2 to load at startup, but this does not happen everytime. Try it both ways, manually and automatically and see what happens.
grindlestone
Reply #6 Saturday, March 6, 2004 6:09 AM
Reply #6 Saturday, March 6, 2004 6:09 AM
There's no improvemnet for me in starting it manually. Every time I shut down the computer (W2K) Explorer hangs.
White_Moth
Reply #7 Saturday, March 6, 2004 8:13 AM
Reply #7 Saturday, March 6, 2004 8:13 AM
Doesn't seem to matter how I set it now, it hangs I.E. after running for several days.
Shutting off WinFX altogether, problem dissapears.
I am using XP Home.
Shutting off WinFX altogether, problem dissapears.
I am using XP Home.
grindlestone
Reply #8 Sunday, March 7, 2004 9:23 PM
Reply #8 Sunday, March 7, 2004 9:23 PM
I initially posted this in the wrong thread!
I think I have this problem solved now. I downloaded an app called Quick Shutdown which forces a shutdown of all apps. It won't let explorer hang. I set hot keys Ctrl+Shift+S for shutdown and Ctrl+Shift+R for restart. Works a treat!
I think I have this problem solved now. I downloaded an app called Quick Shutdown which forces a shutdown of all apps. It won't let explorer hang. I set hot keys Ctrl+Shift+S for shutdown and Ctrl+Shift+R for restart. Works a treat!
grindlestone
Reply #9 Wednesday, May 5, 2004 7:01 PM
Reply #9 Wednesday, May 5, 2004 7:01 PM
Now I definitely have the correct solution to this problem.
Start - Run - Regedit
Navigate to the following Registry key:
HKEY CURRENT USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Double click on the AutoEndTasks entry and replace the 0 with a 1 in the Value data text box
I've done this and no more problem.
Start - Run - Regedit
Navigate to the following Registry key:
HKEY CURRENT USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Double click on the AutoEndTasks entry and replace the 0 with a 1 in the Value data text box
I've done this and no more problem.
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Reply #1 Thursday, January 22, 2004 10:51 AM