Posted by: System Analyst Date: April 16, 2026
Run sfc /scannow if you want to feel productive, but grab ShellExView — your sanity will thank you. Have you seen this exact GUID before? Did it trace back to a specific app? Drop a comment below. Explorer.exe Factory Ceff45ee-c862-41de-aee2-a022c81eda92
Look at the (Default) value and the InprocServer32 key. That path tells you which .dll or .exe owns this mess. Download NirSoft ShellExView (free). Sort by CLSID, find ceff45ee... , and disable the non-Microsoft entry. Reboot. If the problem vanishes, you found the ghost. 3. Clean your registry If the CLSID exists but the file path is missing, that key is a corpse. Delete the entire {Ceff45ee...} key (backup first!). The TL;DR Explorer.exe Factory Ceff45ee... is Windows screaming, “I tried to build an object using this COM factory, and it failed.” It’s almost always a broken third-party shell extension . Posted by: System Analyst Date: April 16, 2026