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Windows Explore Crashing


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Dustinduse

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Ok everytime i open My docs... and only my docs i get a windows explore error and then everything goes away and comes right back within a few seconds..... and it will do it evertime i open my docs and even after restart... im on Xp home edition.... oh and my wireless icon in bar dissiperd and it says its on?

oh and sometimes after the explorer error i get a Drwatson postmortem debugger error.... then it goes haywire!
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Ztruker

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Click on Start then Run, type chkdsk c: /f /r and press Enter. Reply Y when asked if you want this to occur on the next boot. Reboot and let chkdsk run undisturbed to completion.

See if that helps.

If not, Windows XP Explorer has a 'feature' to provide a preview in the Details box on the left of the file you have selected, if it’s supported. Image files, HTML pages, video clips, MP3s, etc are all previewed (even with the folder view open).

If you have a large movie clip and it either is corrupt (ie. no index from a partial download) or it uses an unsupported codec, then Explorer tries to load the whole file. This can slow your computer a lot and prevent deleting/renaming/moving/etc the file until it’s finished.

Simply do the following:
  • Click Start, then Run, type regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll and click "Ok".
  • A window will pop up saying that the file has been unregistered successfully. (If you don't receive this window, or the window gives an error, then please post that in your reply.)
  • Reboot your computer and see if the problem persists.

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