Explorer.exe process does not end properly and does not honor the "multiple processes option".
Hello, we have 2 computer configurations with slightly different problems. Computer 1 Windows 7 Home Premium x64 Intel i7 920 ASUS P6T 6 gigabytes of DDR3 RAM Geforce 8800GT[/code] Computer 2 Windows 7 Home Premium x86 Intel Core 2 DUO e6750 ASUS P5KC 2 gigabytes of DDR2 RAM Geforce 6600gt "Launch folder windows in a separate process." was tested in both an enabled and disabled state on both configurations. On the x64 computer, there is never more then 2 Explorer.exe processes present, each Windows Explorer window will combine with a 2nd Explorer.exe process. When I close a Windows Explorer window, the resources/process for it is not ended/closed properly leaving the application hanging (according to Task Manager) for about 20 to 30 seconds before it silently ends. On the x86 computer, no matter what the "Launch folder windows in a separate process." is set to, each Windows Explorer window will create a new Explorer.exe process. When I close a Windows Explorer window, the resources/process for it is not ended/closed properly leaving the application hanging (according to Task Manager) for about 20 to 30 seconds (I need a stop watch >.>) before it silently ends. My question is, how do I debug the cause of these issues? closing startup processes yields no results.
March 11th, 2010 3:07pm

Hello Franpa,First of all, I recommend you to use Process Explorer for test! You will see more detail information.Refer to: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx In my computer, I also have “Launch folder windows in a separate process” enabled. By default, the system only has two explorer.exe processes, one for desktop, another for opening folders. In Process Explorer, you can see that the explorer.exe that for opening folders is running under “Wininit.exe\Services.exe\SVCHOST.exe”.After I close all the windows, the explorer.exe for opening folders does live in the list for approximately 30 second. So I think there’s no problem in your 64 bit Win7. The time delay may be caused by process optimization management by design. In my opinion, it will be ok when the canceled process live in RAM in silence when awaiting recall in case. And if you want to open more than two process on your computer, you have to use the /root command, switch for this to work.For your reference: http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support&tid=fa86ede9-3d5b-4b14-b3bc-44d111b2e716&cat=&lang=&cr=&sloc=&p=1 Hope it will help you!
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March 12th, 2010 12:35pm

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