Explorer crashes.... recovery help wanted plz.

[old.[GA] Shovel]

Ok, Windows, play games, do stuff, spend more time rebooting than playing.

Now, I know that most of the time we are always "advised" to reboot the computer when Explorer crashes, but, lets face it, we can never be bothered with the 5 minute start up time and just try to carry on. However, the biggest problem I find is that I lose the system tray, and all icons in it (eg DUN, AntiVirus, IRC, etc). Some programs restart (well, MSN(lame) messenger does), I am wondering now if there is some kind of system tray monitor program out there which is capable of monitoring these icons/programs and restoring their icons after a crash, does anyone know of one?

Please help as I need to reconnect but really don't want to restart the computer again... grrr

Shovel

 

[old.TUG]

reformat, reinstall and make sure u reinstall everything with the upmost concentration on every little part/component of the software and u will be fine

I do it all the time... I take ages installing windows as i try to make everything perfect... PC aint crashed once since i put 98SE on 3 weeks ago - and its overclocked to fuck - i is a genius

 

[old.[GA] Shovel]

There are two reasons why I will not do that.
#1. I did it last year during summer and ALMOST lost everything and screwed it up big time.
#2. Do you know how out of date W/95 is now? (we are talking IE 3 here, DX/2, and lots of other stuff that I am unable to mess with. Additionally I probably don't have the drivers for enough of my system to get away with a reformat! (damn Time computers).

Anyways, back to the plea for some kind of systray monitor.

 

[old.TUG]

I know, build a new PC!

if u had a CDR just copy loads folders to a CD or 2 and then reformat... but go searchin fer drivers before hand

)

apart from that, when windows becomes unstable, it stays that way... tis a cunt, but theres M$ software for ya

 

[old.[GA] Shovel]

I know only too well that I will regret typing this, and that as soon as I press the send button Explorer will go, but so far this evening everything has been fine.

 

[Guest]

I can hardly remember what features the 'first' windows 95 had, but do you have the option to 'Close all programs and log of...blah blah'?

This *might* help, and means you don't have to do a full restart.

 

[old.Exo]

oi, Shov, go have a look at Download.com

They may have some freeware or something that may help.

Dunno if there has been any commercial software to bring all that stuff back again tho.

Doubt it, not really viable since everyone would think it was pointless (might do well in America then...)

Exo