[PaulAitken]

I know this one comes up a lot, and I know I don't have the Acebot virus. I've done a lot of research, but my case of 'Dr Watson's Postmortem Debugger has encountered an error and needs to close' is strange because it pops up only when I open specific folders. Those folders seem to be ones that are full of video files.
When I open these folders they cause explorer.exe to encounter a problem and need to close. Occasionally, however, this subsequently causes Dr Watson to close, at which point my computer locks up and although I can move the mouse and watch a video or listen to music that's already playing, I can't alt-tab or close anything using the task manager, including explorer.exe.
If it means anything, these folders are in thumbnail view mode, and I can't change that because the folder crashes when I open it. They are also on an external USB 2.0 Hard Drive formatted to FAT32. If you need a HJT log, I would be more than happy to post it.

Any help would be fantastic. Thanks!

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Explorer really doesn't like the Thumbnail view of videos! Dr Watson is running because explorer.exe crashed, and sometimes the system even closes him down because of the conflict.

Fortunately, it is not necessary to open the offending folder to change the view.

Please open the My Computer folder and change the 'View' to Details.
Then select Folder Options from the Tools menu at the top. Once open, please click the View tab.

Here you will find a big button labeled "Apply to all folders." Click it.
This will set all the folders to a 'Details' view, including the one with the video files.

As you open your other folders, reset them to the view you prefer, but do not change the view for video files, OK?
I suggest that you keep all video files in a single folder that is clearly named to avoid this in the future.

[1101doc]

Explorer really doesn't like the Thumbnail view of videos! Dr Watson is running because explorer.exe crashed, and sometimes the system even closes him down because of the conflict.

Fortunately, it is not necessary to open the offending folder to change the view.

Please open the My Computer folder and change the 'View' to Details.
Then select Folder Options from the Tools menu at the top. Once open, please click the View tab.

Here you will find a big button labeled "Apply to all folders." Click it.
This will set all the folders to a 'Details' view, including the one with the video files.

As you open your other folders, reset them to the view you prefer, but do not change the view for video files, OK?
I suggest that you keep all video files in a single folder that is clearly named to avoid this in the future.

[PaulAitken]

Thanks kindly. I'm away my external right now, but I'll let you know on Tuesday if this worked.

very appreciated.

[PaulAitken]

The problem appears to be fixed. Thank you very kindly for your help.

cheers

[1101doc]

Always glad to help. :-)