Re: Windows Explorer Crash: Help Requested

From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 11/16/04 

Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 19:17:36 -0800

Monte wrote:

> Hello All
>
> I have a problem. Every time I right click on a folder to see the
> properties etc. my system crashes and Explore restarts.
>
> I am running WinXp Professional and IE6, This never happened until a
> few weeks ago.
>
> Any suggestions?

Right-click problems are often caused by programs that have put
themselves into the right-click context menu. Use ShellExView to see
what you have and turn off all third-party extensions. Then you can
enable them one at a time to find the culprit. Here's a link:

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html

Another thing that has caused the problem with systems that have Service
Pack 2 (you didn't say whether you do or not) is an older DivX codec.
The issue can be resolved by uninstalling the older codec and
installing the latest version.

Malke 

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