Re: Windows Explorer crashes... help!

You don't need an Explorer Replacement.

To the Original Poster (OP), Mill3rs, when replying to this post, reply to
every line I wrote, "inline", which is to say, put your reply in a paragraph
immediately following the step you performed. The idea is to report success
or failure at each step, with detailed comments (if error message, what does
it say?, for instance.)

1. Write down the path to the problem folder.

2. Open a Command Prompt: Start>Run>CMD

3. Assuming the Pictures folder is on C:\, type CD, then space, then one
double-quote mark, then the full path to the problem folder, then the
closing double-quote. Press <Enter>.

4. Run the following commands:
attrib -h thumbs.db
del thumbs.db

5. Assuming there are no errors, leave the Command Prompt there, open
Windows Explorer and try to open the Pictures folder.

6. If it still won't open, go back to the Command Prompt and run the
following:
attrib -h desktop.ini
ren desktop.ini desktop.old

7. Check to see if the folder works now, using Windows Explorer.

8. If there is still a problem, go back to the Command Prompt, run:
dir /ah
Do any other files show up? If so, rename the extension(s) to OLD (as with
desktop.ini, above), then immediately report back here with the names off
the files. Do any hidden <DIR> entries show up? If so, immediately report
back here with their names.

9. Check to see if you can now get into the original folder using Windows
Explorer. If not, go back to the Command Prompt and run the following
commands:
md c:\PicTemp
xcopy *.* c:\PicTemp /e /v /c /x

Then use Windows Explorer to see if you can open C:\PicTemp.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"Bruno" <bgarbay@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:u8RS8kA9IHA.3648@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"Mill3rs" wrote:
Hi, I'm having a problem with my windows explorer. Every time I try to
open
the "My Pictures" folder and look at the pictures therein, the Windows
Explorer suddenly quits.

Windows Explorer occasionally chokes on "corrupt" files and crashes. I
sometimes have this problem with video files. You can install a different
file manager (google "windows explorer replacement"; some are free) to
access the folder and try to find out which file is the culprit, or you
can just use cmd.exe.

According to some people, the problem can *sometimes* be solved by
deleting the hidden file "Thumbs.db".




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