'My videos' folder closes every time I try to open it

[RichardSouthCoastUK]

'My Videos' folder has become unstable. Every time I open it, it immediately
closes. The My documents folder also disappears along with the icons on my
desktop. These reappear after a few seconds. What can I do to stop this
happening? I cannot access my videos although I can open and use other
folders and files in MY Documents.

Many thanks.

Richard

 

[Rey Santos]

Windows XP Explorer has a 'feature' to provide a preview . Image files, HTML
pages, video clips, MP3s, etc are all previewed. If you have several video
players and more than one are associated as a default player can cause the
crash because each one of the player is trying to make the preview.
Configuring these players so that only one is the default player for avi
files may fix the problem.

Or try a registry hack. Run regedit and find the following key :-
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler Delete
the "Default" value {87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E} then close. You
should now be able to see .avi previews.

Warning: Backup your registry or export the key before proceeding so you
can import it back is something went wrong.