Troubleshooting Explorer.Exe - Unspecified Error

[amirr]

Today it happened, and I didn't do anything in particular so don't know why it happened.
When I press Win key+E to open Explorer, it says Unspecified Error.

Your help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

 

[silversurfer]

What happens if you click on the taskbar-icon of Windows-Explorer, the same "Unspecified Error" ?

Unspecified error when opening explorer

Whenever I attempt to open the file explorer either by hitting windows+e or clicking directly on the file explorer icon on the taskbar, a dialog window is displayed indicating an Unspecified error

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Explorer.exe Application Error: How to Fix it in 8 Steps

Do you get an Explorer.exe application error while shutting down your computer? Try repairing some broken system files and faulty memory.

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[CyberTech]

Did you restart the explorer with Task Manager ?

 

[amirr]

What happens if you click on the taskbar-icon of Windows-Explorer, the same "Unspecified Error" ?

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Unspecified error when opening explorer

Whenever I attempt to open the file explorer either by hitting windows+e or clicking directly on the file explorer icon on the taskbar, a dialog window is displayed indicating an Unspecified error

answers.microsoft.com

Explorer.exe Application Error: How to Fix it in 8 Steps

Do you get an Explorer.exe application error while shutting down your computer? Try repairing some broken system files and faulty memory.

windowsreport.com

Yes, same result. I will read the links you mentioned. Thanks.

 

[amirr]

Did you restart the explorer with Task Manager ?

I did a restart of the system. But with Win key+E and also opening the Explorer icon in the taskbar, it doesn't open.
When clicking on the taskbar icon of File Explorer, it says:

 

[amirr]

It seems that I have to do a clean installation of Windows.

 

[forgottenuser79643]

I had that on a laptop twice a few years ago. Solutions 2 and 4 on this appuals webpage worked for me then. Granted back then, that article in specific wasn't written.

 

[amirr]

I had that on a laptop twice a few years ago. Solutions 2 and 4 on this appuals webpage worked for me then. Granted back then, that article in specific wasn't written.

Thank you, system restore did work and solved the problem, but at the end of system restore, after it did a restart, it said it's not done fully, due to AV or something.
But after all, it solved the problem.
Anyway, to make things smooth, I will do a clean installation of 20H2.

 

[Kongo]

Thank you, system restore did work and solved the problem, but at the end of system restore, after it did a restart, it said it's not done fully, due to AV or something.
But after all, it solved the problem.
Anyway, to make things smooth, I will do a clean installation of 20H2.

try "sfc /scannow" and "Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth" commands within cmd

Edit: Sorry, already mentioned on one of the websites in the post of @silversurfer.