real quick question about explorer.exe

[maverick2604]

hey guys. anyone know how to copy explorer.exe from a windows install cd to a comp with a corrupt explorer.exe without having to reinstall windows?

 

[MrChad]

Run sfc /scannow from the command window.

 

[xtknight]

cd /d d:\i386
expand explorer.ex_ %SYSTEMROOT%\explorer.exe

 

[maverick2604]

following the above command line, i get the following response:

"No destination specified for: explorer.ex_C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe"

do i switch the ex_ for exe?

 

[xtknight]

You missed a space between the _ and c:\ so it came as one whole path "explorer.ex_C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe"

You may need to use this to bypass Windows file protection. In that case just do this instead:

cd /d x:\i386 (replace x: with your cd drive)
expand explorer.ex_ c:\explorer.exe
download http://www3.telus.net/_/replacer/

then use Replacer to replace Explorer.exe in \windows with the explorer.exe you extracted to c:

If explorer.ex_ doesn't exist on the CD, just do a copy on "x:\i386\explorer.exe" to c: and run Replacer then. Explorer.exe is either compressed or uncompressed on the CD, can't remember which. If it's compressed, you expand it to c:. If it's uncompressed, you just copy it to c:. In both cases run Replacer and use the explorer.exe file you got on C: to replace the one in your \WINDOWS directory.

 

[maverick2604]

great program. i totally understand the concepts and everything, but i think i chose the wrong explorer file when i did the 'replacement'. The computer ended up worse than before, totally none responsive due to the lack of explorer.exe.

so i ended up reinstalling the core windows files all over again anyways. but thanks for the help knight. that's a useful tool.

 

[Malak]

You could always install a different shell, there are several out there. Personally I use Litestep, way better than explorer.

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: maverick2604
great program. i totally understand the concepts and everything, but i think i chose the wrong explorer file when i did the 'replacement'. The computer ended up worse than before, totally none responsive due to the lack of explorer.exe.

so i ended up reinstalling the core windows files all over again anyways. but thanks for the help knight. that's a useful tool.

😕

If explorer.exe was corrupt, system file checker (sfc) should have replaced it, as I stated in my post earlier.

 

[maverick2604]

i tried it... but when it did nothing, no report or anything, i assumed it did not do anything and went for the replacer. but i will commit that to memory for next time.