Windows Explorer stuck in a crash loop.

[Blue magic]

I upgraded to 10 from 7 about half a year ago but when i got home today and turned on my computer after logging in my screen would flash between black and an empty desktop+empty dock. after some digging I found out it is Windows Explorer crashing and restarting. When trying to open a folder location or control panel the window opens and looks correct, but will close within a few moments regardless of if I have turned off Windows Explorer. The problem persists with both clean boots and safe boots. some sites say I should try disabling norton, but I'm pretty sure a clean and safe boot both rule out norton as the cause.

There was also one boot where Windows Explorer would hit a bad memory error and froze in a workable state in which i could open things such as finder skype and firefox. This was because I had no data free on my C drive. I used finder to free up 6GB and restarted hoping this would fix it but the problem presented.

edit 1: cmd and internet explorer both work when Windows Explorer is shutdown.


I'm running a custom built pc for which can provide my specs if people think this might be a hardware related problem.

 

[Colif]

try running these two commands: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki/windows_10-update/system-file-check-sfc-scan-and-repair-system-files/bc609315-da1f-4775-812c-695b60477a93

also run this: http://www.thewindowsclub.com/windows-memory-diagnostics-tool-in-windows-7