Windows Explorer Crash

Question

I have been having an odd situation with my computer. Windows Explorer crashes seemingly at random, mostly when opening/closing a window. This usually happens once or twice a day. When it happens, I can reboot and get back to what I was doing within seconds, but it is annoying. This didn't hapen for the first week or so of my laptop's existance, though an installed 3rd party .dll may have caused this.

I do have an error log from the restart dialogue.

 Problem Event Name:    APPCRASH

  Application Name:    Explorer.EXE

  Application Version:    6.1.7601.17514

  Application Timestamp:    4ce7a144

  Fault Module Name:    MSVCR100.dll

  Fault Module Version:    10.0.40219.1

  Fault Module Timestamp:    4d5f034a

  Exception Code:    c0000005

  Exception Offset:    0000000000058374

  OS Version:    6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3

  Locale ID:    1033

  Additional Information 1:    2d0e

  Additional Information 2:    2d0e5006ee2bda941cc28fc61222dec2

  Additional Information 3:    76c1

  Additional Information 4:    76c18b061ec24584f3f50e5558b16ce7

Does this make any sense to anybody?

Answer 1

The error is most likely caused by a component of AutoCAD such as the AdSyncNamespace.dllor QtCore_Ad_SyncNs_4.dll.

Hopefully updating AutoCAD helps.

Also, here is info on the MSVCR100.dll and how to replace it if it goes missing:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_other-system/need-help-not-cumputer-savvy/7e9d198d-c2fd-4a9c-9117-7e3a701208b5

Answer 2

This particular crash is the first time it has happened with MSVCR100.dll. The other times, it was AsSyncNamespace.dll from AutoCAD 360. AutoCAD 360 has been updated now, and I will report back if that particular crash keeps happening. MSVCR100 seems to be a C++ redistibutable, so if all else fails it's getting itself disabled.

EDIT: Actually let's not fool with MSVCR100.dll. Who knows what this incarnation is for? May be required for start up anyway.