Øyvind Granberg said:
Hi...
I don't know if this is the correct NG because the problem is in Windows
Esplorer 8
Please redirect me if not.....
Every time I download a file from the net, and right click in the save-as
dialog box, the windows explorer crashes and have to be restarted or shut
down.
I am using Window Vista ultimate Norwegian edition with all updates.
This started to happen a few week ago.
It happens every time.
What can be wrong?
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Kind regards
Øyvind Granberg
(e-mail address removed)
www.tresfjording.com
Try to think back and see if you can remember if you installed any 3rd party
software prior to when this problem started to occur. I had Windows
Explorer stopping for no apparent reason whenever I opened Computer Explorer
view or even Control Panel.
You should check Control Panel -> Uninstall a program and sort the list by
the date they were installed. Looking at it may jog your memory as to when
exactly it all started.
I googled around for similar problems and I came across someone mentioning
ShellExView and disabling 3rd party shell extentions and another person who
had problems with Windows stopping and restating, pointing to a corrupt
video file.
In my case Windows Explorer was trying to create a thumbnail from a video
file that had gone corrupt. Windows does not report a problem with what
file when it does this. It simply puts up a message say Explorer has
stopped. I couldn't located the video file at first or what was the cause
initially. Only that it stopped after I used ShellExView to disable the
Video Thumbnail Extractor. I eventually found the video file that was the
source of this problem and deleted it and re-enabled Video Thumbnail
Extractor.
No more Explorer stopping, when I went to open Computer.
Another time I ran into this problem, I had installed Broadcom's WIDCOMM 6.1
Bluetooth drivers. It turned out to be really buggy especially with Service
Pack 2 for Vista installed which has improved Bluetooth support and broken
the drivers. I downloaded WIDCOMM 6.3 today and testing it. It's working
great, I can play MP3s or videos on the LG Dare cell phone and it comes out
through my computer's speakers over a Bluetooth connection. It has other
features but I haven't tested them all out yet.
