Can Windows Explorer be uninstalled?

Question

I did a registry clean up using CCleaner and it did too good a job. Now and then I get an error msg telling me Windows explorer has encountered an error and needs to close. The rest is history.

Answer 1

no



How are you going to go though your hard drive or visit "my computer"

Answer 2

One cannot uninstall Windows Explorer as Windows Explorer is part of the XP operating system. If you have this problem. It may be good to do a system restore to an earlier date before you use ccleaner. If the system files has not been erased, it will return to normal. If it is erased, one may still be able to find the system file in recycle bin.

Follow the instruction here to restore the system

http://skyjuiceiswater.blogspot.com/2008/02/windows-xp-system-restore.html

Answer 3

Windows Explorer crashes sometimes and it is supposed to come back up automatically. Did yours do so?



the real answer is that explorer is just a shell and you can tell windows to use just about any program as the shell, even calc.exe, though you wouldn't want to because you wouldn't be able to open any files! (Well, you easily could by hitting CTRL-Shift-Esc and choosing file->new task)

you can change to a custom interface by START-> RUN -> GPEDIT.msc (that is, Group Policy Edit)

then, find User Configuration -> Administrative Templates-> system and in the right window double-click custom user interface

If you enable that and choose an .exe, that other .exe will start instead of explorer.exe

For example, I just now changed my shell to cmd.exe and rebooted. Instead of the usual windows explorer, I see my command window and nothing else. No start button. no tray full of icons.

So, sure, you can get rid of Explorer. There are dozens of high quality alternatives to windows explorer out there that you can download . Lifehacker has a good article about one of them:



http://lifehacker.com/software/geek-to-live/replace-windows-explorer-with-xplorer2-258730.php

and here is a bigger list:

http://www.simplehelp.net/2006/10/11/10-windows-explorer-alternatives-compared-and-reviewed/

Answer 4

if its related to u using ccleaners registry cleanup...i hope u made a b/up when it asked u if u wanted 2...just go back into ccleaner and undo the registry cahange ....i am not sure where it saves it to but i believe by default its in my documents.......ccleaners registry cleaner is quite agressive if u don't know what u r removing i would recommend not removing it then

Answer 5

no... you can't... windows explorer is needed... it is a part of your system and cannot be removed. whenever you open a file or anything. a window opens(that window is windows explorer)

Answer 6

You will want to try a system restore...that might fix er.