hey guys, i got this weird problem with some of the .avi files i got on my computer. if i open the folder they are in, within about 4 seconds i get a windows error and the folder freezes and i gotta ctrl-alt-delete, to get out. But the funny thing is, if i really quickly run the file before it gets a chance to freeze, windows media player opens fine and the the movie runs fine. im not sure wats going on ey, it might have something to do with the codecs but really im just guessing.

any help who be great

sounds codec related
go grab the latest defiler pack and install that

plus xvid and ffdshow

Get the lingo right, it's not crashing your comp, it's crashing explorer. :P

Have you got explorer set to show tiles in folders?

If you have an older copy of photoshop, it has some explorer plugin preview thingy where it can slow down and crash explorer in dirs with lots of movie files, as it tries to create icons from the contents (even though thumbnails might not be turned on and you're not actually running photoshop).

start -> run -> regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll -> ok

Choose Windows classic folders and see if that helps. If you have it so it previews stuff then that's when all the shenannigans start happening. Go into tools then folder options and change it there.

Choose Windows classic folders and see if that helps

^ listen to that man. It'll also help with files that can't be deleted ('in use' errors).

murf, nice advice spook. hheehehe

its always codec related

cheers fellas,
i installed the defiler pak and set them to view/list and its working fine.

job well done :-p

So it was my input that helped the most?

8-)

i installed the defiler pak

sif rev and redhat

Haha, I bet it was rev's advice that helped most.

Sides I was on leave from supporting windows ;)

Get mplayer, it sucks lots less.
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/dload.html

OK, well it was mostly me then a little from you and a lot less from Spook.

LOL

8-)

its always the codecs

^^ not all the time.

Especially if it's something simple as changing the folders to windows classic.

Hehe

Listen to the hats Spook(and possibly rev if he's not at the family ;)).

We know all and rock at support. Speaking of which I gotta get that music server mirror running this week eh stackhat :D

u all get an equal portion of my luv.

1/4 to be exact

please do not sell it on ebay, as it is against the spirit of the whole thing.

tell your story walkin redhat

yor type (mexicans) arent welcome around here (unless you're heardy, we like to make fun of him)

and stackhat?
he cant even get css to work on his laptop

like he knows support

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