Zodiaq~

explorer.exe is rising...rising...rising

▼

explorer.exe is rising...rising...rising

October 2, 2003 10:22 AM from

WinCustomize Forums

Over the last week I have noticed that the explorer process has steadily been climbing...I mean as high as 222,000K...

What could be going on?

If I restart, it is about 25,000...then it starts to slowly ascend...after about 3-4 days it reaches 150,000-200,000K.

btw...No viruses, spyware or anything like that.

wincustomize

24,243 views 81 replies

Reply #51 October 4, 2003 6:01 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

Hey thanks IPlural...I used the System Mechanic software to clean my registry...I'm not sure what it was..but it worked

Explorer seems to be back to normal...Thank you in a big big way

Reply #52 October 4, 2003 7:18 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

Give IPlural a nap and he's the best....

Object Desktop - Get all of our enhancement utilities in one suite

Reply #53 October 4, 2003 8:23 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

Of course a big thanks to you too Gary...

You probably don't remember but you have helped me out more than once...

Reply #54 October 4, 2003 8:35 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

Reply #55 October 5, 2003 10:51 AM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

Well...That was short lived >

Just checked and explorer.exe is back up to 186,000K...This is ridiculous. I haven't formatted for a year...maybe it's time

Reply #56 October 5, 2003 11:23 AM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

Look in Task Manager/Performance and see what your CPU usage is.........

If it's 5,6 percent that's fine. Unload SDC and WC (if you have it) trays and see if that does anything to bring the process down.

Reply #57 October 5, 2003 12:09 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

Actually my CPU usage is usually between 0-3%...I don't use SCD or WCBrowser

Reply #58 October 5, 2003 12:13 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

see if 'systray.exe is running in processes.....

Reply #59 October 5, 2003 12:35 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

Nah...That's never been running.

Reply #60 October 5, 2003 12:37 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

Do a search for 'YUEYUTR.DLL'

Reply #61 October 5, 2003 12:41 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

Not there

Reply #62 October 5, 2003 12:43 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

Ok...kill the explorer .exe process. Wait several minutes...Windows will restart it. See what the reading is on the process re-start.

Reply #63 October 5, 2003 12:54 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

Ok...I killed the explorer process and the reading on it is 25,800K.

Reply #64 October 5, 2003 12:58 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

...let's see how long it stays there......do not do a re-boot until we get a good reading. In the meantime look in 'msconfig' (use the run command) and under 'startup' see if you can spot anything strange.

Reply #65 October 5, 2003 1:00 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

In the startup I only have 3 items...Norton stuff.

exlporer is now at 30,644K

Reply #66 October 5, 2003 1:06 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

Yeah...I really didn't want to proach the subject at the beginning, but my mine keeps coming back to that Norton 'stuff'...especially diskeeper. If your explorer is still rising disable all options in Norton except your anti-virus. Make sure nothing is set to start except NAV and re-boot.

BTW: is there any MS patches you have not installed?

[Message Edited]

Reply #67 October 5, 2003 1:09 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

Gotcha...gimme just a minute

I have installed all the 'Critical Updates'
[Message Edited]

Reply #68 October 5, 2003 1:27 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

Ok...Disabled all the Norton stuff...Booted to just over 26,000K and now it's 27,644K and rising slowly.

I thought I had the Diskeeper software to run automatically but I forgot I had disabled that about a month ago

Reply #69 October 5, 2003 1:34 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

disable norton anti virus (in the tray) and see what happens..

[Message Edited]

Reply #70 October 5, 2003 1:38 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

I just uninstalled it...same thing...booted to 26,000 and immediately up to 27,754 and rising

Reply #71 October 5, 2003 1:44 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

Actually, I'm glad it wasn't Norton. Which Java are you running MS or Sun...look in Internet Options Advance and scroll down to Java

Reply #72 October 5, 2003 1:59 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

Under MS VM... JIT Complier for VM is the only one enabled

Reply #73 October 5, 2003 2:08 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

OK..you're running SP1 and not SP1a. Go to add & remove programs and un-install Hotfix 811493.

Reply #74 October 5, 2003 2:12 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

I removed that one a while back when it was causing 'hanging' problems and then a couple weeks later reinstalled it...I will go ahead and remove it again and see what happens.

Maybe I'll wait just a few more minutes though...I reinstalled NAV and after booting, explorer was at 27,000...I opened up several instances of explorer and it hasn't budged...Perhaps that did something

Reply #75 October 5, 2003 2:14 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

Yeah..if this just started a week ago...nothing in the patches or service packs should be affecting anything...my money is still on Norton.

Welcome Guest! Please take the time to register with us.

Richer content, access to many features that are disabled for guests like commenting and posting on the forums.
Access to a great community, with a massive database of many, many areas of interest.
Access to contests & subscription offers like exclusive emails.
It's simple, and FREE!