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Windows Explorer.exe is corrupt and Windows Update

explorer.exe windows 7 corrupt update

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SophieMayk

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Hello,

 

My partners PC recently started becoming slower and slower, he's had this issue before and I ran the Windows Repair disk to fix all previous problems. It's been about a year and a half since and the same problems are occurring. I noticed error logs reporting that there were bad blocks on his HDD. 

 

Everything became unresponsive regularly for a couple of seconds and then resumes as normal (for example typing in a Word document would freeze and then resume.) So I ran Chkdsk after a reboot and I saw it reporting errors for Explorer.exe and a MSconfig file. The Chkdsk completed and since then have had no reports of bad blocks or freezing problems (computer is running at normal speed again.)

 

Now I am trying to run Windows Update and getting the error "Cannot check for updates as service is not running", I tried the Microsoft Troubleshooter and it stated that it could not fix an error "0x80080005". Other issues were resolved but I'm still unable to update. I tried Googling solutions and none seem to be working. I ran sfc /scannow and saw that it was unable to fix some issues. From what I can see, it is still having issues with Explorer.exe and Microsoft Windows Installer. I have included a small extract from the end of the CBS log and I'm hoping someone may be able to tell me what is going on and how I can fix these issues as I assume they'll just cause more problems over time as well as not being able to Check for Updates*.

 

*edit I have since found how to get Windows Update to work, for some bizarre reason I have to turn off Windows Updates and it seemed to download. I had 18 important updates to install...

 

POQ 158 ends.
2018-05-22 10:19:12, Info                  CSI    0000038c [SR] Verify complete
2018-05-22 10:19:12, Info                  CSI    0000038d [SR] Repairing 2 components
2018-05-22 10:19:12, Info                  CSI    0000038e [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
2018-05-22 10:19:12, Info                  CSI    0000038f Hashes for file member \SystemRoot\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-explorer_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.23537_none_b0517adca98752cc\explorer.exe do not match actual file [l:24{12}]"explorer.exe" :
  Found: {l:32 b:MYA+B8scqJhGfze+Y7Cx7qMIQdzo1ptjXtIZsBIetQY=} Expected: {l:32 b:1bxQQncXK+XFS2CtXBMgncH3KRMd7whN4+yMcuVMWO8=}
2018-05-22 10:19:12, Info                  CSI    00000390 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"explorer.exe" of Microsoft-Windows-explorer, Version = 6.1.7601.23537, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64 (9), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch
2018-05-22 10:19:12, Info                  CSI    00000391 Hashes for file member \SystemRoot\WinSxS\wow64_microsoft-windows-installer-engine_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.23593_none_6c271b9817e4a753\msi.dll do not match actual file [l:14{7}]"msi.dll" :
  Found: {l:32 b:uPeRhQmdegNjGKJNe0uc49CoISvwDNXtAJ+WlqrZU5c=} Expected: {l:32 b:9zPnwRCsKIuvJd1J13nFCOOuIr+v4s4bM8+w5TavLGE=}
2018-05-22 10:19:12, Info                  CSI    00000392 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:14{7}]"msi.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-Installer-Engine, Version = 6.1.7601.23593, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA32_ON_WIN64 (10), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch
2018-05-22 10:19:12, Info                  CSI    00000393 Hashes for file member \SystemRoot\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-explorer_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.23537_none_b0517adca98752cc\explorer.exe do not match actual file [l:24{12}]"explorer.exe" :
  Found: {l:32 b:MYA+B8scqJhGfze+Y7Cx7qMIQdzo1ptjXtIZsBIetQY=} Expected: {l:32 b:1bxQQncXK+XFS2CtXBMgncH3KRMd7whN4+yMcuVMWO8=}
2018-05-22 10:19:12, Info                  CSI    00000394 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"explorer.exe" of Microsoft-Windows-explorer, Version = 6.1.7601.23537, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64 (9), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch
2018-05-22 10:19:12, Info                  CSI    00000395 [SR] This component was referenced by [l:158{79}]"Package_40_for_KB3184143~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.4.3184143-41_neutral_LDR"
2018-05-22 10:19:12, Info                  CSI    00000396 Hashes for file member \??\C:\Windows\explorer.exe do not match actual file [l:24{12}]"explorer.exe" :
  Found: {l:32 b:MYA+B8scqJhGfze+Y7Cx7qMIQdzo1ptjXtIZsBIetQY=} Expected: {l:32 b:1bxQQncXK+XFS2CtXBMgncH3KRMd7whN4+yMcuVMWO8=}
2018-05-22 10:19:12, Info                  CSI    00000397 Hashes for file member \SystemRoot\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-explorer_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.23537_none_b0517adca98752cc\explorer.exe do not match actual file [l:24{12}]"explorer.exe" :
  Found: {l:32 b:MYA+B8scqJhGfze+Y7Cx7qMIQdzo1ptjXtIZsBIetQY=} Expected: {l:32 b:1bxQQncXK+XFS2CtXBMgncH3KRMd7whN4+yMcuVMWO8=}
2018-05-22 10:19:12, Info                  CSI    00000398 [SR] Could not reproject corrupted file [ml:520{260},l:28{14}]"\??\C:\Windows"\[l:24{12}]"explorer.exe"; source file in store is also corrupted
2018-05-22 10:19:12, Info                  CSI    00000399 Hashes for file member \SystemRoot\WinSxS\wow64_microsoft-windows-installer-engine_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.23593_none_6c271b9817e4a753\msi.dll do not match actual file [l:14{7}]"msi.dll" :
  Found: {l:32 b:uPeRhQmdegNjGKJNe0uc49CoISvwDNXtAJ+WlqrZU5c=} Expected: {l:32 b:9zPnwRCsKIuvJd1J13nFCOOuIr+v4s4bM8+w5TavLGE=}
2018-05-22 10:19:12, Info                  CSI    0000039a [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:14{7}]"msi.dll" of Microsoft-Windows-Installer-Engine, Version = 6.1.7601.23593, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA32_ON_WIN64 (10), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, hash mismatch
2018-05-22 10:19:12, Info                  CSI    0000039b [SR] This component was referenced by [l:162{81}]"Package_162_for_KB4048957~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.2.4048957-493_neutral_LDR"
2018-05-22 10:19:12, Info                  CSI    0000039c [SR] This component was referenced by [l:164{82}]"Package_500_for_KB4048957~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.2.4048957-1917_neutral_LDR"
2018-05-22 10:19:12, Info                  CSI    0000039d Hashes for file member \??\C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msi.dll do not match actual file [l:14{7}]"msi.dll" :
  Found: {l:32 b:uPeRhQmdegNjGKJNe0uc49CoISvwDNXtAJ+WlqrZU5c=} Expected: {l:32 b:9zPnwRCsKIuvJd1J13nFCOOuIr+v4s4bM8+w5TavLGE=}
2018-05-22 10:19:12, Info                  CSI    0000039e Hashes for file member \SystemRoot\WinSxS\wow64_microsoft-windows-installer-engine_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.23593_none_6c271b9817e4a753\msi.dll do not match actual file [l:14{7}]"msi.dll" :

Edited by SophieMayk, 22 May 2018 - 07:11 AM.

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Thank you for your response.

 

I ran the test for about 20 minutes and it just sat at 0%, now there's no percentage at all.

 

I'm guessing that is just a bad sign in itself..

 

I ran a Short Generic test and that passed but when I try the long test it just sort of, hangs up?


Edited by SophieMayk, 25 May 2018 - 07:01 AM.

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I've had it running so far for 2 hours and 48 minutes and it's still on 0%

 

It's a WD, the model number is WDC WD10EZEX-60ZF5A0.


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This does not look good your hard drive could be failing use Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windowsdo a EXTENDED TEST - performs a Full Media Scan to detect bad sectors. Test may take several hours to complete depending on the size of the drive.

 

So sorry for such a delayed reply, new job and moving got in the way of accessing the PC.

 

I've just started running the test and I already see my Event Log just filling up with Bad Block errors as it's scanning. Every 2 seconds it creates a report and in Data Lifeguard on Current Sector it just freezes the numbers and the time goes up then it goes back down again and continues scanning.

 

It did finally complete and after backing up the PC I clicked repair with the response "Unable to repair bad sectors"; going back to the menu it now has "Fail" next to Extended Test.

 

When I try to click Erase it says that the drive is my System drive with my OS and it cannot be Erased.


Edited by SophieMayk, 13 August 2018 - 06:38 AM.

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