Windows Explorer keeps closing.

[Guest]

I have 100s of subdirectories. Recently, when I try to save anything, .jpg,
..txt, watever the file type, Explorer either friezes (requiring a reboot),
and/or I get the following message:

The instruction 0x7c93426d referenced memory at "0x00000000". The memory
could not be "read". Click OK to terminate the program.

If I am online, it will also ask to send an error report to MicroSoft.

Note: This happens EVERY time I try to save something to one of about 3 or 4
directories, and OCCASIONALLY when I try to save files to several other
directories. I have performed defrag and disk clean-up.

Thinking I might have a bad spot on a hard-drive, I created new directories
and then moved files from the affected directories. I was able to keep
Explorer open for the transfers; however, the same problem (with the same
message) occured when I try to save anything new to the newly created
directories.

Got any ideas?

 

[Guest]

I can relate to your story, as I have the same thing happening on occasion as
well. Have you checked out the Event Viewer in Administrative Services for
more info on the problem? I may be wrong, but I think it may have to do with
shutting down your computer, before the system has completed saving files to
the hard drive. Just a hunch. I hope this helps.

 

[marcher]

Windows Explores keeps closing

If your folder contains media files, then this might be the solution:

1. Open command-console (START > RUN > CMD.EXE)
2. enter the command: regsvr32 /u shimgvw.dll
3. enter the command: regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll

The reason for your crash is a problem with media previews in explorer (explorer calculates a thumbnail view of an image or the first frame of a video file). By disabling this feature (which is useless anyway) explorer stops crashing.

I had the same problem and this fixed it.