I'm going slightly mad!!!
 

Everytime i try to access my music,documents or pictures a message appears on screen telling me there is an error and i have to send a report to Microsoft.
Any ideas what to do before i go into the garage for a big hammer!

http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=48134

I'm sorry but i am a computer virgin and everything above may as well be in chinese.I have an eMachines 5220 with Windows xp home and i was downloading music from Win mx when it went tits up.Browser is MSN.
First time poster.

need more info on the error, what does it say is crashing and in what.

"Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.Please tell Microsoft about this problem."
Vague i know but thats about it.
Can't get into any files.

Usually when that happens, there is an option to see more details. Post that, if you would. We are going to need to know more--that is a generic error message that happens any time something bad happens. Without knowing more, we cant help :(

The entire message is:
Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close.We are sorry for the inconvenience.
If you were in the middle of something the information might be lost.
Please tell Microsoft about the problem.
We have created an error report that you can send to help us improve Windows Explorer.
We will treat this report confidentially and anonymously.
To see what data this report contains click here.Send error report.Dont send.

I'm wildly guessing this is due to spyware. Try the programs suggested in this thread.

Also, run Windows Update and get the latest patches.

Can you "Click here" and post that please? Also, what exactly are you doing? Are you trying to just call up listings of your files, or does it only appear when ou try to load a word file or run an mp3 etc?

Have you changed anything recently? Have you installed any new programs about the time it broke?