Black Screen with File Manager Window at Startup
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Posted by Dan
(3 messages posted)
Here's the deal: when I'm starting up my computer and log in, the only thing that
comes up is a black screen and a single window showing my documents. It would appear
that Windows executes the "explorer" command, but rather than opening the shell,
it opens a file manager. I can get past this by opening task manager and killing
"explorer", then selecting "New Task..." and typing "explorer". Once I do this, everything
boots up normally.
How do I fix this? It happens every time I restart my computer or log in.
I hope I have made my situation clear. Thank you so much for any help you can provide.
Also, I checked regedit under HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows NT/Winlogon, and the
string value for the Shell key is "Explorer.exe C:\WINDOWS\winlogon.exe"
I don't know if that's how its supposed to be, but that was the only place I could
think to check.
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Black Screen with File Manager Window at Startup
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 9:11 am
Posted by Charlie Hadden
(741 messages posted)
I am running Vista Home Premium 64 and under your registry location that you listed
I do not have anything except The standard Default/value not set notation and another
Key "current Version. I think yours is in error-serious error. At this point myself
if I had another machine to use and considered already backing everything up. My
reg. does not have continued from your location in Windows NT/Current Version/Windows,
then I have the shell statement that shows simply the string value of explorer.exe
and all of the path statement etc. is incorporated elsewhere under settings such
as 'SystemRoot' and 'Path Name'. If you do not have the Current Version Key, you
are missing just about ALL of your Windows operating data. I hope that is not the
case. Your existing boot to a black screen sounds similar to when a MS tech remotely
activated the true "Administrator" user on my machine.
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