Alternative to Windows Explorer?

[Denaes]

Ok, I was stupid enough to install XP-SP2.

I turned off the firewall, prevented MS from automatically jacking my system while I sleep with their "improvements".

Of all the things I was worried about internet connections and 3rd party programs not working.

IE has crashed 5 times today and Explorer crashes every time I go into a directory and try to move files, get info or delete them. Probobly crashes under other circumstances also, but as it keeps crashing its hard to get a guage on things.

I dont mean you work for a while and it crashes.

I mean you navigate to a directory and select a file or try to drag it somewere... double clicking seems to work, but if you drag and highlight... you get this error:

explorer.exe - Application Error

The instruction at "0x01ed415b" referenced memory at "0x00000000". The memory could not be "written".

Click on OK to terminate the program
Click on CANCEL to debug the program

So I guess Im looking for something 3rd party that can get around on a NTFS disk.

 

[Bucky]

Two words: Microsoft Bob.

 

[Jay1b]

Microsoft bob? ????? Whats that mean?

I use a free dl of Opera shareware. Its not great, but i like the MDI interface

 

[PlausiblyDamp]

If you want a replacement for IE you could try www.mozilla.org - my current browser of choice.

 

[Denaes]

Ok, MS Bob is a joke. That was an alternative for windows explorer about Windows 3.0 and Windows 95.

I need an alternative to Explorer, not Internet Explorer.

IE works fairly well.

Explorer is crashing left and right.

Explorer is the program Windows uses as your main interface to run your computer. Its the taskbar on the bottom of your screen. When you double click a folder its the window that pops up. When you right click something and choose "Explore" thats Explorer.

I guess Ill check download.com. Hard to guage things there. One review will be 10/10 and 15 others will be 1/10

 

[techmanbd]

I get that error once in awhile on my laptop at work, and it doesnt have the XP SP2 on it.

 

[Denaes]

I get that error once in awhile on my laptop at work, and it doesnt have the XP SP2 on it.

Ive never had it happen before, but now its about 3/4 the time I do anything involving files.

Off of Download.com I downloaded "Super Explorer" which seems to be an Explorer clone with extra features and works fine so far.

 

[Jay1b]

Oh you do actually mean Windows Explorer then? I am glad i didnt correct you now

Lookup a program called Winfile, much better then WExplorer in my opinion. Alternatively theres your next project

 

[Denaes]

Lookup a program called Winfile, much better then WExplorer in my opinion. Alternatively theres your next project

Ill look into that.

Yeah, whenever I ***** about needing some software my wife just says "If you can find it free, fine. Otherwise just write it yourself, you got the damn degree - get some use out of it!" hehe

 

[Robby]

Or you can go back to Win2k which has never had that problem.

 

[Denaes]

Lookup a program called Winfile,

I looked it up and found two things.

1. A site with windows tools on it.

2. A microsoft App which was supported under Windows For Workgroups and Windows 3.1

 

[Denaes]

Or you can go back to Win2k which has never had that problem.

Well I have a 3rd party explorer which isnt crashing.

Explorer is crashing with mostly multimedia files, but also .rar files. Looks like a memory error, might be XP trying to preview media or my virus scanner (AVG) wigging out checking the files.

Id go back to 2000, but my two monitor display doesnt work properly with 2000 and works like a dream with XP.

Ill continue to use a 3rd party product and XP sp2 until it gives me a serious problem I cant work around. Then Im going to reformat and put XP sp1 back on.

Yeah... pretty much the only reason I use XP is for the two monitors. The NVidia Software doesnt work properly (or as well as XPs native software) and I get a distorted other monitor, it doesnt use the whole screen or it uses more than the screen and you have to scroll on the monitor.

 

[Derek Stone]

Windows Explorer is fine unless youre experiencing hardward problems. Theres probably just a bad shell extension causing memory violations. Download ShellExView and disable everything that isnt from the Microsoft Corporation.

 

[Denaes]

Windows Explorer is fine unless youre experiencing hardward problems. Theres probably just a bad shell extension causing memory violations. Download ShellExView and disable everything that isnt from the Microsoft Corporation.

Cool. Looks like that worked.

There were a TON of 3rd party crap I didnt know was in there. I use very few Explorer addons, mostly winRAR, winZip (well not on XP so far), 7z (zip alternative) and my virus scanner. There were like 20 other addons that got installed from other apps - even ones I didnt have installed anymore!

Seems much more stable now. Something in SP2 must have triggered an incompatability with one of them... I dont care, my Virus integration and winRAR still works