Troubleshoot Explorer.exe is not a valid win32 application. Please help!!!

[CycloneTutorials]

The other day I was scanning my PC and removing my threats, after I removed then and I rebooted. The next day and I was copying my files to my USB and shut downed my PC.

The next day when I rebooted it, the whole PC went black, I can't see anything, task bar, explorer, my computers, icons etc. And when I open Task Manager and type explorer.exe it says "explorer.exe is not a valid win32 application". Can anyone help me with this? I went to repair my PC using Windows 7 DVD but the results were the same. I googled it about the help but no similar results found. Does anyone know how to fix it? I think my explorer.exe is corrupted, how do I get a fresh new explorer.exe?

I tried to system restore but it said no restore points found.

The only thing I use to open firefox, games etc is Task Manager > CMD. I can't open any folders or file, I have to go to the directory in CMD and run it.

Thank You.
P.S. I have posted this post on every security forum, MalwareTips is my last hope.

 

[TheChizzaberry81]

This happened to me a lot of times because I changed the start orb. But in your case it looks like a virus. But I hope the solution which I will give to you works.

That is what caused my problem and black screen. I have Windows 7 Ultimate and wanted the change the theme of my desktop. I installed something I think called Clean 2 custom skin from deviantart using CustoPack. I then downloaded the Windows 7 Orb Changer program and installed a custom orb .bmp file, it worked like normal. I kept getting a 'could not find the BMP file' error on startup but I could close that and it would go away like normal, so I used 'patch using resources' button and the 'file could not be found' message appeared. I restarted my PC and after startup it now has a blank black screen.

I restored to a point using System Restore about 2 days before I change my theme and used the Orb Changer, but the black screen problem still persists. I also ran sfc/scannow by opening the cmd prompt via Task Manager and showed result: 'Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them. Details are included in the CBS.Log windir\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For example C:\Windows
Logs\CBS\CBS/log'.

Of course I don't know or are unable to view or analyse these files because of this black screen which restricts me to using Task Manager and opening .exe files through there. I am currently on an alternate laptop trying to find an answer, and it seems like you or anyone else here may know a resolution.

Thanks

 

[Rachella Smith]

Format your system and re-install window 7 on your computer.