Explorer crashes when .avi video file is selected

[michael]

I had a RAID array corrupt an .avi file to the point
where it wouldn't play. After fixing the array, every
time I would go into windows explorer to delete it,
explorer would try to open it somehow and would
eventually crash. I have noticed this happen to a lesser
degree with similar .avi files that didn't appear to even
have problems. By that, I mean that more often than not,
explorer would not allow me to delete, rename or move
an .avi file if an explorer window had been opened and
the file highlighted, until that window had been closed.
I found that if I opened cmd and renamed the end of
the .avi file to .avj or something else, I would no
longer have any problems with my .avi files in windows
explorer. It is frustrating, to say the least, and I
would like to turn off this unwanted behavior. Moving,
renaming and otherwise managing .avi files is a major
pain with this 'feature'.

To make it short, I do not want explorer trying to get
duration and other information for me from my .avi files.
Thanks, but no thanks.

Sincerely,

Michael

 

[Michael]

Fair enough, but I would still have the headache of
Explorer sticking its nose where it doesn't belong. I
don't want explorer trying to read my AVIs (or any of my
files). Can't this be turned off? Even when it doesn't
cause any crashes, it still slows me down when I try to
move/rename files, as I get a sharing violation because
Explorer is busy reading the file.

Michael

 

[Brad]

Set the default view in Explorer to Details instead of
icons. Open a explorer window, set it to details. From
the toolbar, choose Tools>Folder Options. Click on the
View tab and click on Apply to All folders. It will then
be the Default view.

 

[michael]

I already have windows explorer set to detail view. I
have even gone through many of the checkboxes in the
Folder Options dialog, but to no avail. I'm betting that
the solution is either editing the registry or a tweaking
utility. Anything else?

 

[thor6]

explorer crash when folder contain avi or orther media files

If you have a large movie clip and it either is corrupt (ie. no index from a partial download) or it uses an unsupported codec, then Explorer tries to load the whole file. This can slow your computer a lot and prevent deleting/renaming/moving/etc the file until it’s finished.
Simply do the following steps:
1) Open a command window (Start->Run, type in 'cmd' hit enter)
2) To remove image preview, type and hit enter
regsvr32 /u shimgvw.dll
3) To readd image preview, type and hit enter
regsvr32 shimgvw.dll
4) To remove media preview, type and hit enter
regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll
5) To readd media preview, type and hit enter
regsvr32 shmedia.dll

 

[texamau]

explorer crashed when avi file selected

my problem is worse .. Ii also crashed for mpeg format
How do I repair or re-install the proper codec?? ( I have uninstalle window media player & re-installed the lattest player (11) but still having the same problem..
pls help..

Thank you..
Te

Fair enough, but I would still have the headache of
Explorer sticking its nose where it doesn't belong. I
don't want explorer trying to read my AVIs (or any of my
files). Can't this be turned off? Even when it doesn't
cause any crashes, it still slows me down when I try to
move/rename files, as I get a sharing violation because
Explorer is busy reading the file.

Michael
>-----Original Message-----
>Sounds as though your video codecs got corrupted.
>Everytime an explorer window opens w/ an avi file in it,
>it attempts to pull the first frame for an icon. Try
>reinstalling your codecs, or if you have installed a
>codec pack recently, it may have caused the issue. I had
>this with one of the Nemo codec packs. I had to
uninstall
>it and repair the damage by reinstalling old codecs.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I had a RAID array corrupt an .avi file to the point
>>where it wouldn't play. After fixing the array, every
>>time I would go into windows explorer to delete it,
>>explorer would try to open it somehow and would
>>eventually crash. I have noticed this happen to a
lesser
>>degree with similar .avi files that didn't appear to
>even
>>have problems. By that, I mean that more often than
not,
>>explorer would not allow me to delete, rename or move
>>an .avi file if an explorer window had been opened and
>>the file highlighted, until that window had been
closed.
>>I found that if I opened cmd and renamed the end of
>>the .avi file to .avj or something else, I would no
>>longer have any problems with my .avi files in windows
>>explorer. It is frustrating, to say the least, and I
>>would like to turn off this unwanted behavior. Moving,
>>renaming and otherwise managing .avi files is a major
>>pain with this 'feature'.
>>
>>To make it short, I do not want explorer trying to get
>>duration and other information for me from my .avi
>files.
>>Thanks, but no thanks.
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>
>>Michael
>>.
>>
>.
>

 

[nolly]

Fix for Explorer crashing when clicking on media files

Thor6,
Thanks for your help. I had a very similar problem with mpeg files saved using the plextor M402/U ConvertX video converter.
If I left or right clicked on the file in explorer in thumbnail or details view, Explorer crashed.
I have spent all day trying to sort this one out & eventually got it sorted by removing the video preview using the regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll command as you suggested.

Presumably there is a cause, linked to the codec perhaps, but in the meantime, I'm most grateful for the fix.
Thanks, Nolly

 

[888Martin888]

Windows Explorer will sometimes crash when a large .AVI file is selected.

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…’. Then use a template/view format which does not use the image preview utility.