Windows Vista Explorer.exe would not start

Errors were reported that Windows Vista “explorer.exe” would not start during boot up. Below are the steps you can do to fix this error:

1. As always, try booting up Windows Vista thru “safe mode”. If explorer.exe doesn’t start then serious problems are in your system. But don’t lose hope, we still have steps to try and fix this problem.

2. In safe mode, go ahead and scan the system for infections, malware, viruses

3. Windows Vista has system restore, see if the last system restore would get your system up and running.

4. Check your registry settings. Click on run and type in “regedit.exe”. Navigate to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon.

The value of “Shell” should be “explorer.exe” (see image below)

Hopefully you can get the system up and running with the steps above. If not, you can consider, repairing your Windows Vista through the installation disk, either by re-installing or installing a fresh copy.

Image from my Computer.