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sup guys, today i check my taskmgr and guess what? i found 7 explorer.exe running at once so, i started to check each process location and all seem located @ c:\windows\

any idea what could it be and how to get rid of it?

really appreciated

Are you running any modifications to explorer.exe such as a custom windows theme? If so then I would suggest you restore the original explorer.exe which is hopefully backed up in the same folder :S

Check out this topic: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-performance/there-are-multiple-instances-of-explorerexe/d4f28787-6208-4756-aa9d-96f7a6d34b7e

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thanks it was informative but still didn't solve the issue

You should definitely go to http://www.techsupportforum.com/ as they are there to deal with issues with PCs and EOServ.net can't offer much support for things like this.

I hope you can fix it somehow.

A few things you should try:

• System restore.
• Run a full virus scan using a decent program.
• Upload your explorer.exe to virustotal.com and click "reanalyze".
• Run command prompt with admin privileges and type "sfc /scannow" press enter.
• If all else fails you should probably reinstall your OS.. :(

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I've had the issue in the past also, it is some type of virus. When I tried to run scans I could never find it. Problem went away with a system restore as Klutz suggested in the post above.

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Former multi-server mapper.

I'am really not fond of system restore, but i guess i can pair with this problem as i didn't see any malfunction yet and the laptop run smoothly maybe a restart will solve the problem cause i didn't restart it for a while,also after i reapplied the thermal paste damn it feel so good the temp is less than 35 C^o  

^{Thanks Guys for suggestions} 

^{edit: now 8 explorer running :P}

Could be a virus, true. But it could also be a simple setup thing.

Try this:

Open a folder (so you have an explorer window in the foreground).

Press and release the "Alt" key (a regular menu bar should appear)

Click "Tools" then "Folder Options"

Go to the"View" tab and look in the list for "Launch folder windows in a separate process"

Make sure it's unchecked

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Sordie posted: (29th Aug 2012, 07:36 pm)

Could be a virus, true. But it could also be a simple setup thing.

Try this:

Open a folder (so you have an explorer window in the foreground).

Press and release the "Alt" key (a regular menu bar should appear)

Click "Tools" then "Folder Options"

Go to the"View" tab and look in the list for "Launch folder windows in a separate process"

Make sure it's unchecked

I'm going to remember this xD

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@Sordie:

have a look at taskmgr window :

I'am definitely sure the highlighted one is the main process

those two look suspectious to me

Anything taking up cpu you should not close, unless it is svchost (Shouldn't do this but its alright to do so).

The other ones, if you had the same error as me, if you close them, they will just pop back up a minute or two later.

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Former multi-server mapper.

Just take it to tech support man. They will tell you to make a memory dump, or log of some kind, and send it to them for diagnosis. You do likely have a virus ( probably fake windows shell), do a full scan with malewarebytes http://www.malwarebytes.org/ but I urge you to take it to the tech support guys. 

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X-HOOD posted: (29th Aug 2012, 11:15 pm)

a system restart solve the problem, also i did HiJackThis Scan and analyze in their website and all things seems ok, also i already have MalwareByte 

i also thought it will be drivers compatibility problem as i don't have Bluetooth driver.

i did sfc /scannow and it complete successfully

thanks guy

s for your time really appreciate it :)

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Klutz posted: (29th Aug 2012, 11:21 pm)

X-HOOD posted: (29th Aug 2012, 11:15 pm)

a system restart solve the problem, also i did HiJackThis Scan and analyze in their website and all things seems ok, also i already have MalwareByte 

i also thought it will be drivers compatibility problem as i don't have Bluetooth driver.

i did sfc /scannow and it complete successfully

thanks guy

s for your time really appreciate it :)

So wtf was the problem then? ._.

X-HOOD posted: (29th Aug 2012, 11:32 pm)

Klutz posted: (29th Aug 2012, 11:21 pm)

X-HOOD posted: (29th Aug 2012, 11:15 pm)

a system restart solve the problem, also i did HiJackThis Scan and analyze in their website and all things seems ok, also i already have MalwareByte 

i also thought it will be drivers compatibility problem as i don't have Bluetooth driver.

i did sfc /scannow and it complete successfully

thanks guy

s for your time really appreciate it :)

So wtf was the problem then? ._.

i don't know -_-

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