Windows explorer has encountered a problem....WTF?

[Lisa_76]

Hi there, I have been looking through these message boards for hours trying to find a solution and it is now 5am...Can someone please help.
When I downloaded a file I keep getting an error message when i open the folder that the file is stored in. Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to Close we are sorry for the inconvenience. Why is this coming up? I have deleted the file and downloded again several times and always have the same problem. I have virus and adware software installed and when I scan that folder for viruses it comes up with nothing.

Does anyone know how to help me. Its a large file (350MB) so I can't just keep on downloading it cos its eating up all my download limit.

Thanks

[tiffany9999]

same here.....my computer has now become a mess....every time i perform a search that same exact message comes on my computer...then it freezes and it all disappears...also, my computer is now turning off all by itself....a 3 month old computer with no problems until i downloaded from this site...i am a crying mess now...i am such a new user that support on here is really useless because i am afraid i will do something to further corrupt my computer...i now get to go spend $60-$100 on fixing it when this site has known the whole time about what problems they have been having...????

[Grandpa]

What problems are you talking about.

[tiffany9999]

hi, didn't mean to sound mean....i have just been reading the forum with everyone griping about similar problems with their computer.....

can you please help me?

it says "windows explorer has encountered a problem" and does the above....

[Grandpa]

Usually when you get that it is a windows problem. You said when you do a search. Did you mean when you do a search with LimeWire for a file.

[tiffany9999]

well, i know that it is not a windows problem...it all started when i downloaded limewire and downloaded about 10 songs....

first things just kept popping up on my screen...programs opening. then, i couldn't close programs..it would freeze up on me..ctr-alt-del didn't work because it would come up and freeze also...

i read many forums and heard about different files to search for to see if that was the problem...like opening my prefetch file, etc. i know that i have a worm or virus.