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Explorere.exe and uTorrent not restarting correctly.
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Both Explorer.exe and uTorrent.exe appear to restart correctly, but uTorrent throws an error when you try to add a new torrent ("uTorrent appears to be running but is not responding") and Windows Explorer will not open at all. Windows Explorer seems like it is trying to open, but no window ever appears. It is necessary to kill explorer.exe in the Task Manager and then start explorer.exe as a new application through Task Manager in order to restore function.
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GBoost should not be killing explorer.exe. Can you try going to the help menu and reset it to defaults.
This will enable GBoost to create a brand new boost list for you. -
Sorry for not returning for a long time.
I think I need to give a better explanation of what happens. Just so you know, Gboost has been set back to defaults and even completely reinstalled without changing this behaviour.
The error with uTorrent was inconsistent and I haven't gotten it recently, so it might have been a problem on their end, so let's forget about that one. The problem with Windows Explorer is consistent though.
First of all, when the "boost" button is pressed, explorer.exe is not shut down. That was my error. The problem comes that when the "restore" button is pressed, Windows own programs (the ones that are merged into explorer.exe) stop being able to display their actual window.
That is, when I stop playing a game and restore normal computer function, clicking on the "Windows Explorer" icon in my quick start bar results in the icon highlighting and getting the box around it that indicates it is active, but the Windows Explorer window never comes up and after a few seconds the box fades away. Attempting to start up a feature from the Control Panel (such as "Network and Sharing Center") gets a similar result. The window simply never appears.
The only way I have found to correct the problem is to use the Task Manager to kill explorer.exe and then use "New Task" in the Task Manager to restart explorer.exe. Without doing that, Windows own programs won't function.
Programs that are not Windows native work fine. Firefox will start. The KMPlayer will start. Windows Live Mail will start. uTorrent will now start. Steam will start. Microsoft Security Essentials will start.
Windows Explorer will not start, and a great deal of the Control Panel features will not start, while a few will start but not work correctly. The only ones that seem to function correctly from the control panel are legacy ones like the "Phone and modem" settings and third party ones like the nVidia control panel.
Is that information of any more use to you? -
ok i have repeated the steps u have outlined on a windows 7 machine and have not been able to replicate your problems
explorer.exe works fine for me after boosting and restoring
control panel programs all work fine
what os are you using?
i know you wont like this but have you reinstalled the whole os and repeated?
usb installs dont take long these days if thats any consolation.
it would help in elimating any windows issues
rem this is a free beta made by old gaming enthusiasts :) and an update will be coming soon -
Rather than reinstall the OS. Could I suggest you create a new user account in windows then try logging into that and using GBoost. Let me know if you get the same result.
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