Windows Explorer crashing

[F]

I've re-installed XP Pro SP2 from a slipstreamed CD.

Since then I've had Windows Explorer crash quite a few times when
opening folders containing images (.bmp and .jpg). There seems to be no
pattern.

Folders containing images are also very slow to show the appropriate
icons or thumbnails when opened.

Anyone any ideas on a fix?

TIA

 

[Guest]

Thier is a hotfix for IE ending abruptly,its fix # 892052

 

[Malke]

I've re-installed XP Pro SP2 from a slipstreamed CD.

Since then I've had Windows Explorer crash quite a few times when
opening folders containing images (.bmp and .jpg). There seems to be
no pattern.

Folders containing images are also very slow to show the appropriate
icons or thumbnails when opened.

Did you also remember to install all your hardware drivers (motherboard,
video, audio, etc.)?

Malke

 

[Don Taylor]

Thier is a hotfix for IE ending abruptly,its fix # 892052

He specificaly said *Windows Explorer* and
you specifically said *Internet Explorer*

Windows Explorer crashes seemed to be reported far less often
before SP2 was released, but maybe that is just my impression.

There are a handful of ideas people keep presenting for
Windows Explorer crashes and lockups. A few people seem
to find that some of them work in their particular case.
And others don't.

 

[F]

There are a handful of ideas people keep presenting for
Windows Explorer crashes and lockups.

After a lot of research, this worked for me:

'The best solution to this problem is to completely uninstall Photoshop
(including deletion of the psicon.ddl file from the C:\Program
Files\Common Files\Adobe\Shell folder) and then reinstall Photoshop but,
when the installer asks what files you want to be associated with
Photoshop, do not select the problematic file type(s) -- JPG in my case.
When the installation is complete, open up Windows Explorer and in
Tools/Folder Options/File Types manually associate the file type(s) to
be opened with Photoshop and manually assign the proper photoshop icon.'

 

[Guest]

Uninstalling adobe photoshop did the trick for me !!!!

I've been looking for the prob for weeks !!! Tried endless
spam and virus scanners but finaly uninstalling photoshop
did it !!

(Note I've also read that some people have encountered the
same issue with divx players, also try to uninstall these if you have
similar problems.)

 

[Guest]

Uninstalling adobe photoshop did the trick for me !!!!

I've been looking for the prob for weeks !!! Tried endless
spam and virus scanners but finaly uninstalling photoshop
did it !!

(Note I've also read that some people have encountered the
same issue with divx players, also try to uninstall these if you have
similar problems.)

Frank, you saved my life/computer/homework (student) lol. I was looking and
looking for the answer to this. So many people had these huge complicated
answers, yet the solution was so simple. Thank you.

 

[Tamron]

I had the same problem, and the fix is much simpler than un-installin
PhotoShop. Simply speaking, Photoshop's thumbnail feature has a bu
that causes it to directly conflict with Windows Explorer thumbnails

After 3-4 years of working just fine, my Windows Explorer (XP upgrade
with SP2) started dragging its feet a month or so ago. I didn'
associate this with PhotoShop 7, which I had been using for a fe
months. It was crashing in some folders containing graphics files
but not all of them. Clicking on a folder containing graphic file
would first "hang" the screen, while the HD was obviously workin
hard doing something related to thumbnails. Sometimes the thumbnail
would be scrambled or partially there, sometimes (slowly) they'd al
come up, and sometimes it would just stop cold and have to be close
with Windows Task Manager. --Yet other graphics folders would be jus
fine. I'm no novice, but this was looking like corrupted system file
because normal troubleshooting just didn't work

I finally called Microsoft for help, and after half an hour o
troubleshooting my system the technician (a very patient and helpfu
fellow in India) did a Google search (!!) and found this solution t
the above problem

-- Start Windows Explorer and by whatever means, successfully click o
ANY folder that has at least one JPG file, so as to see the fil
listed in the right-hand window, preferably with the DETAIL view s
as to avoid any thumbnail hang-ups. Right-click on that file an
select PROPERTIES. You'll then see three tabs available: GENERAL
PHOTOSHOP IMAGE, and SUMMARY

Click on the PHOTOSHOP IMAGE tab, and un-click the box labele
GENERATE THUMBNAILS.

Problem over!

I haven't looked into this any further (frankly because I don't nee
to), so I don't know if the "JPG THUMBNAIL" thang is also possibly
"TIF THUMBNAIL" thang on other PhotoShop installations, but my TI
files don't have the above PHOTOSHOP IMAGE tab choice in PROPERTIES
it's just my JPG files that have it available

My Windows Explorer thumbnail feature has been working wonderfull
well, very responsive and non-crashing, since we handled that on
thing, so that was what was wrong. If you have PhotoShop 7 (I don'
know about other versions) and Windows Explorer is acting up, tr
this for a fix

Tamro