Weird Error ... Windows Explorer freezes (1 Viewer)

[Lord Ac]

Hay guys,

When I open windows explorer and locate an avi file, it freezes up both windows explorer and winamp. This even happens if I put the mouse over the file and not click it .... The error message is attached... have to ctr+alt+del to end programs.

However, if right click the file and select to open the file with total video player it will play, so long as I do not click "ok" on the error message ...

Also, on a friends computer the SAME file (Copy/pasted) behaves normally.

Anyone know why the file behavs like this, and how I can make it be normal?

Cheers,
Ac

 

[jase_]

It can sometimes have to do with conflicting codecs installed on your computer (like DivX, XviD, etc). Obviously you can have multiple ones installed but sometimes if you accidently install 2 versions of the same one it can screw some things up. Windows Explorer usually does a preview of the video (even if it don't click on it it sometimes prepares one anywasy) and this would require it to find the required codec. Besides that I can't think of anything else that could be wrong. A similar thing happened to be with a video using the INDEO 5 codec, so I'm just guessing here.

 

[Shervin]

After looking up your problem on google I found that if you go to Start > Run > then type “regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll " then that might fix the problem.

 

[Lord Ac]

Cheers mate.

That indeed turns off the windows preview thing which was making the comp. freeze by even browings the folder's contents.

Winamp still freezes when I double-click the file to run it though (only total video player can run it, which will have to do I suppose.)

Ac