After installing Classic Shell v4.0.5, Explorer would crash upon launch just about every time.
Here's some event logs:
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Faulting application name: Explorer.EXE, version: 6.3.9600.16441, time stamp: 0x5265dec8
Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0000000000000000
Faulting process ID: 0x568
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf4dde4fe0d704
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
Faulting module path: unknown
Report ID: ba634f59-b9d1-11e3-83d8-6805ca1eeee0
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
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Faulting application name: explorer.exe, version: 6.3.9600.16441, time stamp: 0x5265dec8
Faulting module name: ClassicExplorer64.dll_unloaded, version: 4.0.5.0, time stamp: 0x5338c5c9
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000000000000a360
Faulting process ID: 0xeac
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf4dde7ced9a9c
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\explorer.exe
Faulting module path: ClassicExplorer64.dll
Report ID: 4fdad950-b9d4-11e3-83d8-6805ca1eeee0
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
Quote:
Faulting application name: explorer.exe, version: 6.3.9600.16441, time stamp: 0x5265dec8
Faulting module name: ClassicExplorer64.dll_unloaded, version: 4.0.5.0, time stamp: 0x5338c5c9
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000000000000a360
Faulting process ID: 0x83c
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf4de1124cb7f3
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\explorer.exe
Faulting module path: ClassicExplorer64.dll
Report ID: 1759fac1-b9da-11e3-83d8-6805ca1eeee0
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
Quote:
Faulting application name: Explorer.EXE, version: 6.3.9600.16441, time stamp: 0x5265dec8
Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0000000000000000
Faulting process ID: 0x550
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf4de704fd7065
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
Faulting module path: unknown
Report ID: 7011ee2f-b9da-11e3-83d9-6805ca1eeee0
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
Quote:
Faulting application name: explorer.exe, version: 6.3.9600.16441, time stamp: 0x5265dec8
Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0000000000000000
Faulting process ID: 0x490
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf4de73295123d
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\explorer.exe
Faulting module path: unknown
Report ID: b8659c9d-b9da-11e3-83d9-6805ca1eeee0
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
Quote:
Faulting application name: explorer.exe, version: 6.3.9600.16441, time stamp: 0x5265dec8
Faulting module name: wercplsupport.dll, version: 6.3.9600.16384, time stamp: 0x5215edff
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000000000000a360
Faulting process ID: 0xcc8
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf4de77ad5ad73
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\explorer.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\System32\wercplsupport.dll
Report ID: 13aa792c-b9db-11e3-83d9-6805ca1eeee0
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
Quote:
Faulting application name: explorer.exe, version: 6.3.9600.16441, time stamp: 0x5265dec8
Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0000000000000000
Faulting process ID: 0x404
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf4de7d6232bde
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\explorer.exe
Faulting module path: unknown
Report ID: 7d9f1ec7-b9db-11e3-83d9-6805ca1eeee0
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
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I went back to Classic Shell v4.0.4, which works just fine.
(Win8.1Pro/x64)