laq3 Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 I was using a custom theme, and accidentally deleted/lost the original explorer.exe file. Can someone upload it please? (I hope it's not against the law) Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-scratch Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 if you deleted it on accident you can recover it using link its from the same makers of crap cleaner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted April 30, 2010 MVC Share Posted April 30, 2010 open up task manager then do file / new task Then browse to c:\windows\syswow64 then find explorer.exe right click it and choose copy then go to c:\windows and right click and paste. then go back to file / new task and type explorer and press enter. You should be good to go. Hum and Santana777 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric G. Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 open up task manager then do file / new task Then browse to c:\windows\syswow64 then find explorer.exe right click it and choose copy then go to c:\windows and right click and paste. then go back to file / new task and type explorer and press enter. You should be good to go. The copy of explorer.exe in C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ is 32-bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boogerjones Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Windows Resource Protection should be covering explorer.exe Try running sfc /SCANFILE=c:\windows\explorer.exe EDIT: verified that the above will work. I deleted the x64 version of notepad.exe and SFC successfully restored it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buendia Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Provided you have System Restore turned on, right-click on System32 and select Previous Version. Browse to earlier date, before you deleted explorer.exe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier1st Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 here is the win7 64bit explorer as requested,i copied it from my 64bit install. http://www.mediafire.com/?weynocjwujq Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boogerjones Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 here is the win7 64bit explorer as requested,i copied it from my 64bit install. http://www.mediafire.com/?weynocjwujq I think this is a bad idea. Someone will visit this site in the future and end up downloading a potentially incompatible file version. Just do the single command in my post above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegasis Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 I have the same issue, and how can I fix this in woindows 8.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahorsepip Veteran Posted September 14, 2016 Veteran Share Posted September 14, 2016 33 minutes ago, pegasis said: I have the same issue, and how can I fix this in woindows 8.1 Same as in Windows 7: Boot into safe mode (hold shift when clicking restart on the login screen) Open a command prompt as administrator Enter the following command: sfc /scanfile=%windir%\explorer.exe Reboot the computer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 I would think a System Restore would easily put back explorer.exe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circaflex Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 1 hour ago, Hum said: I would think a System Restore would easily put back explorer.exe For something as simple as recovering a system file, a restore would be the last recommended fix. There is no reason to jump right into a System Restore for a single file. I would first try SFC and if that does not resolve it, depending on the OS, I would extract the needed file(s) from a service pack or in 8/10's case the MSU file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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