Re: Windows Explorer exits unexpectedly Windows XP Pro

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"Sheila" <Sheila@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:B03EB99F-819F-4030-BF4E-D70A63B0A4F3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

another FYI - I did the same thing on our windows 2000 and 2003 servers and
those do not cause a crash - so this problem evidently is only on XP Pro.
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"Sheila" wrote:


Oh - I forgot to mention that I did as you asked, and even the up and down
arrow cause the same thing - crash.
"Gerry" wrote:

> Sheila
>
> Place the cursor on an adjoining file and use an Arrow Up or Arrow Down
> key to position the cursor on the file.
>
> The problem is not with kernel32.dll.
>
> To extract .tar and .tar.gz files on Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP use
> PowerArchiver 6.1 (freeware) or 7-zip (freeware) or Winzip > (commercial).
> For tar on MSDOS or other systems, see the FAQ of the comp.compression
> newsgroup.
> Source: http://www.gzip.org/
>
> -- >
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
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> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Sheila wrote:
> > Thanks for replying. It's doesn't let me get there - all I have to
> > do is touch it with my mouse, not even to open and it kills explorer.
> > My guess is the format is causing it to choke - tho it didn't used to
> > the last time I did this a few months ago. From what I read in the
> > error message it is complaining about module kernel32.dll. This gz
> > extensiion is a unix extension from the gzip command. ie, a file
> > becomes an archive (like a zip) using tar, then to compress it use
> > gzip, which compresses it better than the compress command on a unix.
> > In any event, it's a binary file with a gz extension.
> >
> > I noticed that Windows 2003 had a similar problem with a TIFF file
> > and they have fixes for that. But as of yet, I haven't seen a fix
> > for this on XP Pro.
> >
> >
> > This file type has not been a problem before - the last time I used
> > them was about 4 or 5 months ago. in fact, my winzip pro can
> > uncompress it if needed so it recognizes it as a "tar or zip" type
> > file. So the question is - why is it crashing explorer - via
> > kernel32.dll? And what can I do to fix?
> > s.
> >
> > "Gerry" wrote:
> >
> >> Sheila
> >>
> >> The problem is most likely not with explorer.exe but with the file
> >> association for the gz file extension.
> >>
> >> Locate an .gz file in Windows Explorer. Place the cursor on the
> >> file, right click and select Open With. What options are listed
> >> there?
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >>
> >> Hope this helps.
> >>
> >> Gerry
> >> ~~~~
> >> FCA
> >> Stourport, England
> >> Enquire, plan and execute
> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>
> >> Sheila wrote:
> >>> I too am having a windows Explorer crash problem. This happens > >>> when
> >>> I move my mouse over a .gz file (unix gzip file). It also used to
> >>> happen when I touched a zip file but that has not happened for a
> >>> couple months. I get 3 errors:
> >>>
> >>> ====================================================
> >>> Date: 6/25/2009 Source: Application Error
> >>> Time: 9:46:45 AM Category: None
> >>> Type: Error Event ID: 1000
> >>> User: N/A
> >>> Computer: JAXSCLIFTONADM
> >>>
> >>> Description:
> >>> Faulting application explorer.exe, version 6.0.2900.3156, faulting
> >>> module kernel32.dll, version 5.1.2600.3541, fault address
> >>> 0x00012a6b.
> >>>
> >>> ==================================================
> >>> Date: 6/25/2009 Source: Application Error
> >>> Time: 9:47:31 AM Category: None
> >>> Type: Error Event ID: 1001
> >>> User: N/A
> >>> Computer: JAXSCLIFTONADM
> >>>
> >>> Description:
> >>> Fault bucket 1228584026.
> >>> ==================================================
> >>>
> >>> Date: 6/25/2009 Source: Winlogon
> >>> Time: 9:47:33 AM Category: None
> >>> Type: Information Event ID: 1002
> >>> User: N/A
> >>> Computer: JAXSCLIFTONADM
> >>>
> >>> Description:
> >>> The shell stopped unexpectedly and Explorer.exe was restarted.
> >>>
> >>> =================================================
> >>>
> >>> I saw a similar problem in the MS search for a TIFF file on Windows
> >>> 2003, however they recommend fixes that I am hesitant to apply to > >>> my
> >>> XP pro. Plus mine is an archive type file (from a unix server).
> >>>
> >>> pls advise.
>
>

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