Hello,

I have a WinXP notebook running XP Home SP2. There is a folder of AVI
files which causes me problems. When scanning/viewing these AVI files,
I often get the following error message popup:

Data Execution Prevention

To help protect your computer, Windows has closed this application.

These AVI files were encoded with DIVX (version 6.1).


I have tried changing the swtich in BOOT.INI from
/noexecute=OptIn
to
/noexecute=AlwaysOff

This turns off DEP, but I still get exception errors. I have since
left DEP on.

What causes this problem with AVI files? What is the fix for this?

Thanks
Mike

The problem may be this AVI Properties registry key, export it then delete it and restart:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}]


Another method is to un-register the file: shmedia.dll.

Open the Run box and enter: regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll


ju.c


"eljainc" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:a78ac1bc-40b8-4a0b-b1ca-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
>
> I have a WinXP notebook running XP Home SP2. There is a folder of AVI
> files which causes me problems. When scanning/viewing these AVI files,
> I often get the following error message popup:
>
> Data Execution Prevention
>
> To help protect your computer, Windows has closed this application.
>
> These AVI files were encoded with DIVX (version 6.1).
>
>
> I have tried changing the swtich in BOOT.INI from
> /noexecute=OptIn
> to
> /noexecute=AlwaysOff
>
> This turns off DEP, but I still get exception errors. I have since
> left DEP on.
>
> What causes this problem with AVI files? What is the fix for this?
>
> Thanks
> Mike