Explorer window opens up on its own


  1. Max Pen
    Posts : 200
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
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    Explorer window opens up on its own


    Hello there,

    Never in my life have I had this issue before. I recently removed Asus GameFirst VI program because I read it caused some issues. I believe it happened after that but I'm not 100% sure. It is also not something that happens every x minute. Is their an event log I can check to see what triggers it to open? I've ran SFC scan now and found no issues. I used CCleaner to delete bad reg entries. (about 300 of them)

    What sometimes triggers it is switching from Chrome browser to a program called MetaTrader 5.

    My windows:

    Edition Windows 10 Pro
    Version 22H2
    Installed on ‎29/‎10/‎2022
    OS build 19045.2604
    Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.4190.0
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  3. Megahertz
    Posts : 6,361
    Windows 11 Pro - Windows 7 HP - Lubuntu
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    Open a CMD window as administrator and type:
    chkdsk c: /f
    It will say your disk is in use and ask if you want to schedule to next start = yes
    Restart
    Pay attention on the results, specially bad blocks, bad clusters, bad sectors etc

    Back to Windows, open a CMD window as administrator and type:
    sfc /scannow

    If it finds any corrupted files, fixing or not, reboot and run again

    Then run
    Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth
    and
    Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
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  4. dalchina
    Posts : 43,026
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
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    Is there an event log I can check to see what triggers it to open?
    You could try using Sysinternals Procmon (process monitor) free from MS.. this has a log of ALL activity from registry upwards, filterable.

    Consequently it can be very hard to interpret meaningfully- the filters are significantly technical.
    https://service.malwarebytes.com/hc/...ime-event-logs
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sy...nloads/procmon

    What sometimes triggers it is switching from Chrome browser to a program called MetaTrader 5.
    How do you 'switch'?

    Otherwise a process of elimination- e.g.
    - perform a clean boot - over 'sufficient' time observe whether explorer os launched.
    - add some startup programs, observe again

    Repeat trying to identify with which program the launch of f. explorer is associated.


    I used CCleaner to delete bad reg entries. (about 300 of them)
    I'd never use a registry cleaner myself.
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