I have had a similar problem and it also occurred after making multiple changes
in Windows Explorer.  The window would not close completely and I had to reboot
to clear the screen.
    The solution was to re-install my video drivers.  Apparently they had become
corrupted.  I wish I knew why this worked.  But I was happy it did.

Hope this helps,

Rodger Zook
zookrod @mci2000.com


The Doc wrote:

> A bit more info.  I have 32 Meg memory so that should not be a problem.  I
> have tried closing the "non-responding" program (Explorer) and that of
> course, clears my desktop of all icons and taskbar.  The only option then
> is to cntl-alt-del and shutdown (and BTW this sometimes causes the machine
> to reboot instead of shutting down??).
>
> Anyway, still open to suggestions on where to start looking.
>
> TIA
>
> At 5/12/98 05:38 PM , Doc wrote:
> >I have a problem with Win95b Control Panel.  When I open it and make
> >changes to any of the items in the control panel folder, and then exit,
> >Explorer stops responding.  For example if I open CP and the open Printers
> >and select a printer and set to default, when I close Control Panel, the CP
> >window stays on the screen and my mouse clicks have no effect, Keyboard not
> >recognized, etc... When I control-alt-del, I get the message that Explorer
> >not responding.
> >
> >Where should I start to look?
>
> Doug Simmons
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