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November 8th, 2012, 22:41 GMT · By

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Windows Explorer Is the App That Crashes the Most on Windows 8

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Windows 8 was developed to be a more stable and faster version of the popular Windows operating system, but a report released by Soluto claims the new Microsoft OS still crashes. A lot, that is.

Truth is, it crashes 55 percent less than Windows 7, but some of the apps introduced in the refreshed version of Windows aren’t quite stable.

File Explorer, the Windows 8 Windows Explorer, is the app that crashes the most on Windows 8, the report claims, with a score of 18.3 percent.

Facebook Video Calling comes second with 18.1 percent, while Adobe Creative Suite Master Collection is third with 16.7 percent.

According to the report, Windows 8 crashes 5.4 times every month, while Windows 7 was even more unstable, with 7.1 crashes during the same timeframe of 30 days.

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Comment #1 by: Zapper1 on 09 Nov 2012, 05:06 UTC reply to this comment

And Microsoft has the temerity to propose dropping support for XP? They ought to be developing an XP hotfix for multiple core processors like FX 8120 and I7


Comment #2 by: Zip on 09 Nov 2012, 10:49 UTC reply to this comment

Really? I've been running Windows 8 on my notebook (upgraded from Windows 7), all crashes were caused by improper drivers (I'm looking at you, Lenovo).

Comment #2.1 by: Ryan on 09 Nov 2012, 19:53 GMT

I don't quite understand how Windows 8 crashes 5.4 times a month... How does that even work? BSOD: "Half of an internal error has occurred. Windows is halfway on and working at the moment." :)


Comment #3 by: hverne on 10 Jan 2013, 18:37 UTC reply to this comment

I agree, I frequently have to reboot to get windows explorer to work.

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