And in the end, with some help from some folks in Redmond, I determined that it was because of Adobe Version Cue CS3. It was pretty annoying, I’d hit the Windows Key, type V, and the Explorer would crash – instead of allowing me to launch Visual Studio.
Once I uninstalled Version Cue, the problem disappeared. Just posting this incase it ever happens to you.
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4 Comments to “Vista Explorer.exe crashes when I type V in the Start menu…”
March 28th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Maybe it’s a sign that PMs shouldn’t be using Visual Studio
April 17th, 2008 at 9:48 am
Ahhhh, thanks for the info. This did indeed happen to me! Certain letters would cause it, after a tiny delay. Removing Version Cue CS3 worked like a charm
May 24th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Thank you, thank you, thank you.. That has been driving me crazy for at least a month.
August 3rd, 2008 at 12:52 am
Thanks for that. Was there any indication what the problem was. Seems a bit odd to have to remove an app to solve a problem like this. What happens to vista users who want to use Version Cue?
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