Crashing Windows Explorer

[VirusType2]

EDIT - problem was resolved. See post #2


"Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."

I get this message all too often.

I've had this problem for months where if I open a folder with a video file, and I haven't allowed the thumbnail to appear over the icon, and I cut the file so I can paste it somewhere else, it will crash windows explorer.

So, I've learned to wait a moment for the thumbnail of the video to appear before moving it


However - recently I downloaded a music video of a live recording that will crash explorer If I even open the hard drive folder. I can still work with explorer, but I get the message, "windows explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close"

So I ended up deleting the video.


Now, I've got a video that is over 800MB and I would like to keep it, but it's the same thing. The video actually plays fine, but If I open the folder it's in, or even the parent folder it's in, it will cause explorer to restart.


EDIT - OK didn't see this




It says Error signature - Xvidcore.dll

I'll try reinstalling Xvid codec or something.

Like I said the video plays perfectly, it's just that it can't draw a thumbnail for it for some reason, and it crashes explorer.

 

[VirusType2]

I fixed it by installing a newer version of Xvid

I was ignoring the obvious. I'm sorry for wasting everyone's time


All these months of windows explorer crashing, I thought my windows install was damaged and I didn't want to re-install.

Kind of a weird bug where you open a folder with a certain type of file and explorer crashes ... I guess that was only because it was trying to make a thumbnail using bugged software.

I take back everything I said about XP crashing sometimes.

<3 XP