I can open one folder with no problem.  But if I close that folder and try to open 
a folder, Explorer.exe crashes.  Or, if I leave the first folder open and try to 
open a new Explorer window... Explorer.exe crashes.  Of course, in typical Explorer.exe 
fashion, it reopens itself after crashing.

I am running Windows XP Home Edition, Service Pack 2.  Before updating to Service 
pack 2, I had this problem.  Before that, I refused to update because I had problems 
with SP2, the previous time it was installed.  Still, I got this problem while I 
was running SP1, and so I updated to SP2 a couple of months ago (a couple of days 
after this problem started).  I have been keeping up-to-date with Windows Update. 
 I have occasionally checked for new information on this problem and have succeeded 
in finding nothing.

"AppName: explorer.exe	 AppVer: 6.0.2900.2180	 ModName: yt.dll
ModVer: 2005.11.4.1	 Offset: 0000ddca"

"Exception Information
Code:  0xc0000005       Flags:  0x00000000  [eight 0's]
Record:  0x0000000000000000  [sixteen 0's]        Address:  0x000000006290ddca"

I have had this problem for a while, and have been unable to find a source of information 
on solving it... so, I gave up for a while.  But this is a horribly-irritating problem. 
 I have scanned with updated versions of Ewido several times and have been unable 
to put a dent in this problem of mine.

I am running a 1.69 GHz Pentium 4, with 512mb SDRAM (although I had the problem back 
when I had 256mb SDRAM).  I have drivers for a few video cards installed on this 
machine (but I don't think that they were there when this problem first started happening); 
when the problem started, I was using a Nvidia RIVA TNT2 model 64 (32 big megabytes)--now 
I am running a Radeon 9600xt (128/128).  I have one 80 (or so) gigabyte hard drive, 
divided into a 17.5 partition (C:\) and a 65.1gb partition (D:\)... I know that doesn't 
add up well... but this is the information that Windows gives me about my HDD size.

I don't know what of that information is useful (I don't know what good it can do 
me to provide you with my video card), but I'm hoping that something I say will help 
me get helped.  This is a horrible problem.

(...I am well aware of the mediocrity of my PC.  If I had money, I would most definitely 
have one from AFTER 2001.  Laugh all you like; I laugh too.)

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See the link below.You have probably already been there in your quest for a fix but 
I'll post in anyway.May help.

http://www.updatexp.com/0xC0000005.html

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>"AppName: explorer.exe AppVer: 6.0.2900.2180 ModName: yt.dll
>ModVer: 2005.11.4.1 Offset: 0000ddca"

A quick Google search says that yt.dll belongs to Yahoo toolbar or companion, but if it's in the windows or windows\system32 folders it may be malware. I don't have it on my system (XP Home), so it may not be a standard Windows file.

I'd try searching for it on your system. If you find it in a program files\yahoo directory, try uninstalling Yahoo Toolbar/Companion. If you find it in windows or windows\system32, try getting properties on it to see what it belongs to. You could also try renaming it to yt.bak to see if the problem goes away.

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Thank you! I have like nine Explorer windows open right now, out of spite. I wasn't able to find Yahoo! Companion or Yahoo! Toolbar in appwiz.cpl, but I had loads o' luck with the "yt.bak" thing. Thank you!


On Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 10:58 pm, C9H13NO3 wrote:
>...try renaming it to yt.bak to see if the problem goes away.

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Very welcome. If you did find it in a Yahoo directory, you could try reinstalling Yahoo toolbar (should be able to find it at download.com), which may put it back into Add/Remove and then you can uninstall properly.

If you found it somewhere else, you'd have to figure out its parent program from its location/properties.

If you found it in a windows folder, it could be malware so I'd suggest going through steps at the link below to make sure there's nothing else lurking around.

Getting Help w/ Spyware

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Egh. God no. I didn't want it in the first place. That's why it wasn't in appwiz.cpl. I found it on my computer (God knows how long it was there before I found it--considering it appears in Internet Explorer only) and promptly removed every bit of it I could find. Didn't expect to find it in program files\Companion. Would have expected some Yahoo folder. I hate Yahoo.


On Wednesday, March 15, 2006 at 7:13 pm, C9H13NO3 wrote:
>Very welcome. If you did find it in a Yahoo directory, you could try reinstalling
>Yahoo toolbar (should be able to find it at download.com), which may put it back
>into Add/Remove and then you can uninstall properly.

>If you found it somewhere else, you'd have to figure out its parent program from
>its location/properties.

If you found it in a windows folder, it could be
>malware so I'd suggest going through steps at the link below to make sure there's
>nothing else lurking around.

>Getting Help w/ Spyware

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