FINALLY AN ANSWER: explorer.exe crashes when folder with avi files is opened Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 11:56 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Martin (1 messages posted) Problem: In Windows 2000 Professional & Windows XP, Windows Explorer will sometimes crash when a large .AVI file is selected. Cause: By default when certain file types are selected (music and video files) Windows Explorer will load them into a preview utility (which will be visible on the left side of the folder pane [the right pane]). If the file is large/abnormal then it may cause Windows Explorer to crash. This can often happen with large .AVI files. Work around: The Windows Explorer file preview utility [in the right pane] can be switched off (customised) in 2000 & XP. Any folder which may contain large/abnormal .AVI files should be customized not to use the file preview utility. To do this just right click in a folder/file pane that might contain abnormal/large .AVI files [the right hand pane]. Then left click on ‘Customize this folder…’. Use a template/view format which does not use the image preview utility (E.g.'simple' template). Written in response to: re: FINALLY AN ANSWER: explorer.exe crashes when folder with avi files is opened (deme: Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 8:45 am) There are presently no replies to this message. 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