the search function in vista no longer works - whenever i type anything into a search box it just sits there - it's not that it cant find a file, it doesnt do a search at all. ive tried: sfc, system restore, turned indexing, windows search on/ off also tried this: Index - Windows Search Service but nothing works
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I keep getting the error message "microsoft windows search indexer stopped working and was closed"- then there is not solution available.
View 9 Replies View RelatedApparently the Windows Search Indexing thing stopped working sometime this morning and now I can't seem to fix it. Symptoms: systems slows down and takes its sweet time while deleting files/folders and creating files/folders, Windows Search service doesn't want to start and keeps giving me the "Error 3: The system cannot find the path specified". I already tried the Tutorial but that didn't work. I created the Config folder in the proper place and copied the 2 necessary files but still no solution. So short of re-installing windows is there anything I can do to fix this?
View 9 Replies View RelatedLately when I've tried looking at different folders and files on my hard drives I keep getting "Windows Explorer has stopped working and will restart." It's driving me nuts, I can barely do anything.
Also, same thing with Internet Explorer...I'm getting real sick of Vista's shoddiness..
By now it should be obvious that, under the Vista operating system, I have Home Premium, there is a severe overall, general "has stopped working" problem.
Thus far I've experienced:
"Internet Explorer has stopped working"
"Windows Explorer has stopped working"
"Word has stopped working"
"Sherlock Holmes Nemesis (Adventure Company) has stopped working"
"Outlook has stopped working"
"Acid 4.0 (Sony) has stopped working"
"Acid 6.0 (Sony) has stopped working"
"Sound Forge (Sony) has stopped working"
Is it not obvious by now that Vista has a problem, maybe a compatability problem, with everything from Internet Explorer and Microsoft Word to third party programs which cause programs, as I mentioned, even programs made by Microsoft, to "stop working"? Is there no an overall "stopped working" patch or something that Microsoft has released by now?...............
I've had a look at the solutions for this but they haven't helped. I think this is related to the IE8 update/upgrade. The Problem signature is:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BEX64
Application Name: sidebar.exe
Application Version: 6.0.6001.18000
Application Timestamp: 4791a245
Fault Module Name: StackHash_8ef9
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Offset: 000000017000d590
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Data: 0000000000000008
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 3081
Additional Information 1: 8ef9
Additional Information 2: 6deb3fe8c6290d77be122bd2078585e1
Additional Information 3: 2926
Additional Information 4: 1171fa44c2f89d99961b0beb836a83e8
For quite a while I have been getting the message "Windows explorer has stopped working".whenever I try to right click a file in a file listing. I have been working around this problem but I'm getting fed up with it.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI got this problem in vista home premiun since I installed service pack 2. It happens when I click the right button of the mouse, I was told that it could be because I installed some application but I didn't find the culprit. Anyway, I want to execute command prompt as administrator and since I can not do it from the all start menu with a right click button, is there another way from a command line??. Actually I need to make some changes to HOSTS file and in order to do that I need to edit it as administrator.
View 6 Replies View RelatedFor four days every time I click on Windows Mail I get an immediate message: "The application has requested Runtime termination" followed by "Windows Mail has stopped working and will close the program and notify you if a solution is available." I get no solution.ironically, I can access my email on Comcast website, so my POP settings are OK. Never ever had this problem.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI had problems with the "windows sidebar stopped working" messages appearing on a regular basis. I have only windows stock gadgets in the sidebar. A while ago I even removed one gadget at the time to see if it would stop crashing but it didn't. Yesterday I reformatted my computer because of another problem I had and one of the first things that happened was "windows sidebar stopped working". It happened again today. I still have almost only drivers and windows updates installed so what can be causing this problem?
View 5 Replies View RelatedAfter Update from Windows Update 090115, my IE7 has stopped working and responding. The IEUser.exe process is active but no window. Tried to run the IE in secure mode and reset IE7 but nothing happens. I've installed Security update for Vista KB958687 Windows tool remove of ... january 2009 kb960714 I don't know if it is these updates that crashes IE7.But I think it was after these it happened. Installed Firefox to be able to surf, but I want IE7 to be fixed. How can I fix IE7? /Vista Ultimate swedish 32 bit
View 5 Replies View RelatedI am using Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit. Quicktime was working perfectly until yesterday when I tried to install the newest version of iTunes but the installation failed (I received "Cannot Open Key:"error) When the iTunes installation failed, it took Quicktime with it. I navigated to the key in question and found 3 iterations of it. I set the permissions to full and tried again but every time as the program installation neared completion, I would see an icon for Data Execution Prevention appear in my system tray. I have tried to set the Quicktime installer to be ignored by DEP but no luck. I also get the "Windows Installer Stopped Working" Box some of the time and when I click on more details it seems to point to MSIEXEC.EXE. I have visited Apple's forums, COMPLETELY uninstalled Quicktime, iTunes, Bonjour, Apple Software Update and Apple Applicaton Support several times per their instructions in these articles I would like to have both Quicktime and iTunes on my PC but if that is not possible, I need to get Quicktime back by itself as a program I use often (Starry Night Pro 6) and paid $150.00 for won't run without Quicktime 7.0 + (I was able to install Quicktime 6.5 successfully but Starry Night won't run with it). Please help as I have already spent about 10 hours working on this! I am unable to use System Restore to roll back to before I tried to install iTunes-there are about 20 restore points but they are all after I tried to install iTunes.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI've been having this problem with my Windows Vista Ultimate x64 when waking from sleep mode. I always get a "Windows Audio stopped working" message followed by saying the "Host Process Stopped working". Here is the error details:
Product
Windows Audio
Problem
Stopped working
Date
27/02/2009 5:54 AM
Status
Not Reported.............
when my Vista home premium 32 bit windows explorer stop working frequently. when ever im doing something else in firefox or microsoft office, once i try to click Start button or i click dekstop icon. the whole windows will just freeze and ask me to restart the program(windows explorer). Im currently using a genuine vista OS, genuine microsoft office. Below are the data i copy from "Problems Report and Solutions". I did try the solution provided by microsoft, but they are just asking me to do windows update. but its seems like not solving my problem by just updating my windows. this problem did not cause me lot of problem. but its just too frustated to see it keep restarting for the whole night.
Problem signature
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Explorer.EXE
Application Version: 6.0.6002.18005
Application Timestamp: 49e01da5
Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.0.6002.18005
Fault Module Timestamp: 49e03821
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00066796
OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.3
Locale ID: 17417
Additional Information 1: cd80
Additional Information 2: a4d78125ad538c035e8838c8cbc364a1
Additional Information 3: 1c11
Additional Information 4: a0d05fbdfaec8ef138d723df00928cfb
I just bought a HP Pavillion laptop a few weeks ago and everything was working fine. But the only problem is, MSN messenger keeps on going: Windows Live messenger has stopped working every time I open it. But I just ignored it. The next day, I couldn't download anything from my computer. It will just pop up and ask me where to save it then after that, it dissapears and my downloads are no where. Then I fixed it by installing IE 8 (I'm not sure how I could've install that...). Now my IE stops working almost everytime. I can only open the one that says: Internet Explorer (64-bit). Can anyone tell me what's the problem with my computer and how to fix it?
View 9 Replies View RelatedAfter installing 2 updates the USB ports on my docking station stopped working (they still work on the PC). The updates were: 1) Update for Microsoft Silverlight (KB960353) and 2) Cypress - Other hardware - HX2LP kit (3.03.0000.2). I have tried system restore but it failed - said it didn't restore. (this always happens - any idea why?) The Cypress update does not show up on Programs & Features, so I am unable to uninstall it.
View 9 Replies View Relatedmostly i close Command Prompt it gives me this "Windows Command Processor has stopped working"
and here is its detailes Code: Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: cmd.exe
Application Version: 6.0.6001.18000
Application Timestamp: 47919317
Fault Module Name: StackHash_9ee2
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 000000006fff0110
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 9ee2
Additional Information 2: 0ff48a235b2336a170cf8b17b8583537
Additional Information 3: 64b0
Additional Information 4: df0561799b1641f7bc57a374c2ecdde2
As near as I can tell, I have WMP version 11.0.6002.18111 installed on my Vista Home Premium system. I haven't used it in a while, so I'm not sure when the problem arose, but whenever I try to play a file or even just open the player, I'm informed it has stopped working with the following information provided:
roblem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: wmplayer.exe
Application Version: 11.0.6002.18111
Application Timestamp: 4aa91411
Fault Module Name: kernel32.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.0.6002.18005
Fault Module Timestamp: 49e037dd
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00049cc4
OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 6ffb
Additional Information 2: 2221bc0a197a4bb7f5f3ab58dfb8220e
Additional Information 3: 755b
Additional Information 4: d73315a30debe1a3d48e9a7e28073d74
I can't track down the correct files at the MS site to reinstall, and I'd rather not use System Restore since I'm not sure how far back to go or how many things would be undone.
i open windows media player and putsomething to play, a small windows pops up and says that windows mediaplayer has stopped working and it says its looking for a solution. After a while it says " a problem caused this program to stop working correctly, Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available." then it closes the program with my consent. This never happened to me on my xp pc which had WMP 11. This is happening on my new vista pc that's just a few days out of the box and i even have full norton anti-virus protection. So is there any way to fix this problem or do i have to use some other program?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am running Windows Vista-Home Premium Edition-X64 bit-SP2. I am trying to play a game and I keep getting "Windows Media Projector has stopped working". I just seem to have trouble with this game only. Can anyone help me resolve this issue?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI don't know if my Threadtitle fits the exact English message (doubt it) but that's my Problem. Since the start of my PC today my Windows Explorer stopped working, everytime i click on Computer or Control Panel. It always just restarts the Explorer and i got the same again. By searching the Error via Google i found 1000s of Topics about this Issue
View 5 Replies View RelatedI get the following error message when I try to open windows media center: "Windows Media Center has stopped working'' and I can not open it. I have Windows Vista Home Premium. I tried doing system restore and it doesn't help. I am able to open Windows Media Player though, and can play DVD's and CD's through there, but can not open media center, to access the tv features.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI am getting the windows explorer stopped working/restarting loop upon computer startup. I followed a suggestion to check "eventvwr" from the task manager and it seems as though the fault is associated with MP4splitter.ax My problem (or at least I think my problem) is that I cannot locate this file to delete it. A simple search of the computer does not bring it up. I already tried the "change from thumbnails to icons" thing in the control panel but can't seem to get to the correct screen it in time.
View 6 Replies View RelatedWindows Media Center worked before, but a few weeks ago after viewing a recorded TV (maybe a hour or so) show it would crash. Now when it opens it crash right away.
Detail Description:
Stopped working
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 01: ehshell.exe
Problem Signature 02: 6.0.6000.16386
Problem Signature 03: 4549b55e
Problem Signature 04: mscorlib...................
Rundll32 & Windows Explorer Stopped Working. Everytime I 'bootup' computer. the above errors pop up and screen looks like it refreshes itself.
Unable to access anti virus/malware apps
Unable to use computer or get online
Recently my WMP11 has just stopped working, I cannot open it to watch movies or anything. It is also unaccessible when I open the Media Center.
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View 4 Replies View RelatedThe Deal is everytime i got to screensaver, just to try to open the screensaver menu, this pops up. "Window host process (Rundll32) has stopped working." And somehow i think the default screensaver is set because after i leave the computer alone for a while it goes blank...
View 4 Replies View Relatedrunning Vista Home Premium x32...I turn on my Toshiba Laptop A305D-S6848 and I get the message that BOTH Windows Defender User Interface and Toshiba's Service Station have stopped working and need to close. It says it's checking for solutions (finds none of course)In addition when I go to use the flash cards it says Toshiba Flash CArds has stopped working shuts them down too. I read to go into the control panel and Performance Info & tools to fix that, but doing tells me that "Windows Explorer has stopped working" and it restarts, but won't let me access the Performance.... and I also can't open up any picture files with windows photo gallery because that also causes explorer to restart. I HAD fixed that, but now it's doing it again... and no, the images are not corrupted. I thought maybe I had a virus or something, but norton found nothing, and neither did adaware. I would run Defender, but it won't work... it just gives me the user interface message and crashes.
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