re: Explorer.exe crashes
Wednesday, April 6, 2005 at 7:08 am
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Posted by Marty
(1 messages posted)
Right click causes an error and crashes Explorer.exe after installing Windows XP
SP2?
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When you right-click on a Desktop icon or a folder, the pointer changes to a hourglass,
Taskbar disappears and after about 30 seconds the screen comes back to normal and
still no right click options are available. This behavior may be seen after installing
Windows XP Service Pack 2. However, it's not a problem caused by Service Pack 2,
but an incompatible Context-menu handler from DivX.
Update 9/8/2004 - DivX software and Windows XP SP2
DivX 5.2.1, DivX Pro 5.2.1, and Dr DivX 1.0.6 have been released. These versions
are compatible with Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and can be downloaded from www.divx.com.
Please follow the guidelines below only if you wish to use older versions of these
products on Windows XP SP2.
RESOLUTION
(for older versions of DivX software)
Eliminate the context-menu handler from the registry, or disable it temporarily using
ShellExView tool.
Click Start, Run and type REGEDIT. Navigate to:
HKCR \ * \ shellex \ ContextMenuHandlers \ EncodeDivXExt
Backup the key to a REG file, and delete EncodeDivXExt key
Close Registry Editor and restart Windows
Using ShellExView utility
See this page for more information on using ShellExView utility (see Method 2 in
that page). In ShellExView, the entry might read as EncodeDivXExt Module. More information
from DivX.com Forums, regarding DivX and the problems with Windows XP Service Pack
2
On Wednesday, August 20, 2003 at 5:18 pm, George wrote:
>Hello...Decided to come and ask the experts...I am using Windows XP Professional
>and I have an annoyance. When my computer is...I sometimes get a message saying
that
>my explorer.exe has crashed...thus asking me to send an error report etc. I get
this
>many times...what happens after that is only the desktop apperas and then everything
>goes back to normal. If windows media 9.0 is playing and I close it the music still
>plays. Also...i sometimes loose some taskbar icons...Just what is this explorer.exe
>crash and how can it be fixed. thanks.
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- Explorer.exe crashes (George: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 at 5:18 pm)
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