Today we are going to show you how to fix the “explorer.exe class not registered” error on Windows 10. Windows have a hierarchical database called Registry where information is stored that helps to correctly configure the operating system both for the current user and for all those who use the system. This also serves to control applications and hardware devices. Sometimes when we want to open some programs such as Internet Explorer or Chrome we get an error window that says “Class not registered.” No worries because we have all the solutions.
Within the registry, there are different classes, but sometimes they can generate global errors or errors specific to the application. If you have problems with the registry and you get this type of error, keep reading.
How to fix the “explorer.exe class not registered” error on Windows 10?
How to disable iCloud on Windows 10?
iCloud has an application for Windows systems but it can end up creating some errors on Windows because it is designed for macOS, so we must end its task from the Task Manager.
We access the taskbar and in the “Processes” window we find the line called “iCloud Services” and do one of the following things:
- Right-click on the process and select “End task”.
- Select the process and click on the “End Task” button at the bottom.
After this, we will go to the “Startup” tab and there we disable the iCloud service startup by right-clicking on it and selecting “Disable”:
How to make use of Windows 10 system components?
This is a process with which we make use of the integrated components of Windows 10 to solve the error.
- If we opt for this method we must use the key combination Windows + R and run the following command: dcomcnfg
- Then, we click on OK, and in the displayed console we go to “Component Services” then we go to “Computers” to select “My Computer” and on the side, we choose the line “DCOM Configuration”.
- Click on Yes to confirm the action. We can close this window and restart Windows 10 to apply the changes.
How to re-register the ExplorerFrame.dll file in Windows 10?
Go to the command prompt as an administrator and execute the following command: regsvr32 ExplorerFrame.dll
How to create a new Microsoft account in Windows 10?
The error may be associated with some issues in the current user profile so creating a new account can help to fix the problem.
- Go to Start > Settings > Accounts and in the “Family and other users” section we click on “Add another person to this computer”:
- In the next step, we can sign in to a Microsoft online account or click on the line “I do not have this person’s login information”
- This allows us to create a local account in Windows 10, there we click on “Add a user without Microsoft account” and after that, we simply enter the data of the new user.
How to check if Windows 10 has some hard drive errors?
- For this process, we go to Windows 10 File Explorer and there we right-click on the C drive and select Properties
- In the window displayed we go to the “Tools” tab and click on the “Check” button
- The rest will be done by the wizard, if there are issues you can look for different solutions.
How to fix the explorer.exe class not registered error on Microsoft Edge?
As we mentioned, classes can be associated both with the system in general and applications in particular. One of the examples is Microsoft Edge, to fix this error in Edge we will follow these steps:
- Go to Control Panel
- There we select the category “Default Programs”
- We click on the “Set default programs” line and in the new window we will go to the “Web Browser” section. There we click on the current browser and in the pop-up window we click on Microsoft Edge
How to fix the explorer.exe class not registered error in Windows Explorer?
- We must go to Task Manager and in the “Details” tab we will find the explorer.exe service. Select it and click the “End Task” button at the bottom:
- After this we go to the “File / Run new task” menu
- In the pop-up window enter explorer.exe. Click on OK and this will start the explorer again.
How to fix the explorer.exe class not registered error when opening .jpg images?
- To correct this error when opening a .jpg file just right click on the image and select Open with/Photos
- We can click on “Choose another application”, select Photos, and set it as default.
How to reset the application on Windows 10 to fix the error?
- Another option is to reset the application, for this we go to Start / Settings / Applications and in the Default Applications section we will go to the bottom where we find the following:
- We click on the “Reset” button so that all Windows default applications are processed.
How to fix explorer.exe to solve the explorer.exe class not registered error?
- First of all, open CMD as an administrator.
- Then run the following command to perform a scan of the computer, it may take some time: sfc /scannow
- Once the error analysis has been performed, we can run the following command to repair errors: dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
- Now we are going to uninstall third-party antivirus or antispyware programs. If necessary, enable Windows Defender.
- Now we will open PowerShell as an administrator. Enter the following command: Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers |Where-Object {$_.InstallLocation -like “*SystemApps*”} | Foreach {Add-AppXPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}
- After that, restart your computer to apply the changes.
After following all those steps you shouldn’t get the explorer.exe class not registered error again.
