Explorer crashes randomly

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Hello,

The problem I am encountering is that my windows explorer crashes for no appearent reason. Windows itself keeps running, but when I'm going through my files I will randomly get popups that say "windows explorer has stopped working" followed by a message that "windows explorer is restarting," which it then does. Everything disappears, start button, taskbar, everything related to explorer, and then appears again.

Most of the time (99/100) explorer still works, I can click and drag windows or I can open folders and files while Windows is "looking for a solution," which makes me think that it's more a registry problem than a real problem with Explorer.

The problems first began after I cleaned up my pc, uninstalling games and useless software, deleting some personal files, and letting CCleaner clean up my registry. Also I had CCleaner do a "disk erase," something I never did before. When the problems began, I restored the registry using the backup CC created. The problem still exists.

It does appear to happen more frequently when I'm browsing my C:\Program files folder or my C:\Windows folder, but other than that there is no clear reason it crashes.

I know most of you will say that I should simply do a repair install of W7, but since I have no disk I have to use a iso, and since I am working on a Dutch Home Premium x64, there is no iso available. For some strange reason I decided not to make regular system repair point in the time I use this pc, so that's not an option either.

So if anybody has a direct solution, I would be infinitly grateful.

For any more information or specs, please do reply or send me a message.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
ASUS X7BS
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU
Intel I7-2630 @2.00GHz
Memory
6GB
Hard Drives
One drive (700 GB) divided into two partitions (C: 300GB, D: 350), with an extra 50 GB partition used for Linux.
Copy / paste the event viewer crash report so we can see whats causing the crash.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
OS
Microsoft Windows 10 Professional / Windows 7 Professional
CPU
Intel i5-3570
Motherboard
Lenovo Mahobay
Memory
16GB DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB
Sound Card
(1) Realtek HD Audio (2) AMD HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
LG LS192WS
Screen Resolution
1440 x 900 @ 32bit color
Hard Drives
(1) SUV300S37A/120G (2) ST3500413AS SATA Disk Device AHCI mode enabled.
PSU
Corsair HX620
Case
Thermaltake V4 Black Edition
Cooling
Cooler Master Hyper 212 + Artic Silver 5 on CPU/GPU
Keyboard
Dell SK-8115
Mouse
Razer Copperhead with MAPED mat (awesome!)
Internet Speed
100 Mbps up/down
Browser
Chrome
Sorry, I fixed it myself already. I ran Shellexview, as instructed in this thread, and I discovered that dropbox was running havoc on my system.
Thanks for the quick reply nontheless, but it appears to be fixed now.

Edit: it isn't fixed. I thought is was since it stopped crashing, but it's failing me again.
I have run sfc /scannow, and the results are in the attachment. That's all I know, if you need more information, please explain what you need and how I can get it.
 

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My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
ASUS X7BS
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU
Intel I7-2630 @2.00GHz
Memory
6GB
Hard Drives
One drive (700 GB) divided into two partitions (C: 300GB, D: 350), with an extra 50 GB partition used for Linux.
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