Vista Home premium startup problem - explorer.exe ?

When i startup the PC (Philips freevents MT6000) and login i only get displayed :-

1) Black screen (No task bar, desktop icons or wallpaper)

2) Only a window of "My Documents" folder.

I can run explorer.exe manually from the documents window but is there any way of fixing the problem.

- I have tried reverting to an earlier restore point which didn't solve the problem.

- I have scanned for viruses with avast and none were found.

- And i have added a shortcut to explorer.exe to my startup folder and the problem still exists.

Please can someone help me solve this?

Thanks.

Barnsey313.

Vista Home premium startup problem - explorer.exe ?free antivirus download

The only advice I can give is to reformat your HD. You have done a lot of work to fix the problem, and nothing helped. so I think you shyould reformat your HD, or take the computer to a Tech Shop.

Vista Home premium startup problem - explorer.exe ?internet security

Likely cause is an incorrect setting in the registry setting that tells Windows which shell to start upon login (explorer.exe) - Mine had a reference to another shell, details on how to fix are here:

http://forums.microsoft.com/Te... Report It