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Explorer.exe in constant crash restart loop
Hi hoping someone might be able to help.
I recently installed the latest MS updates, and after rebooting my PC and logging back in, explorer crashed after a few seconds, then restarted and continued in this loop every few seconds.
After doing some investigation I've found that the update causing the issue is:
KB5048292 - Cumulative Update Preview for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.8 and 4.8.1 for Windows 10 version 22H2 x64
I was able to restore from a backup and test installing each update separately to find which caused the issue.
As far as I can see there is no way no to uninstall this update, or even stop it from installing. I did try using the Show/Hide Updates tool, but it doesn't list this update as an option, although I believe the tool may no longer be supported now.
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End the explorer.exe process in the task manager and re-run it, then update the graphics card driver, and run sfc /scannow if the system files are corrupted.
