re: AVI Files Crash Explorer
Sunday, January 6, 2008 at 5:02 am
Posted by Deb
(1283 messages posted)
Have you looked in Event Viewer for more details of whats happening when this occurs?
On Saturday, January 5, 2008 at 11:19 pm, alexkmoore wrote:
>When I use Windows Explorer to view AVI and DivX files, after about 5 seconds it
>crashes and has to restart. No error code is given. This happens every single time,
>even when viewing AVI and DivX files that are in the recycle bin.
>
>I was told that the problem occurs when Windows Explorer tries to show a thumbnail
>preview of video files, and in order to solve the problem I should open the Run
dialog
>(Windows key + r) and type in:
>
>regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll
>
>Apparently this will disable Windows Explorer from showing thumbnail views of your
>video files...but when I use that command it tells me that the module shmedia.dll
>failed to load and could not be found.
>
>I have a genuine copy of Vista Home.
>
>Alex
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