Re: Explorer crashes with some Xvid Codec

[[it's not a problem caused by Service Pack 2, but an incompatible
Context-menu handler from DivX.]]

See this...
Right click causes an error and crashes Explorer.exe after installing
Windows XP SP2
http://www.winxptutor.com/sp2/divxcrash.htm

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:OD55fLPaGHA.5000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Mr Nobody <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
When Explorer is listing files in a directory, it seems to check .AVI
files for some reason. Some of my .AVI files are encoded with DivX, and
some with Xvid. Some (most, but not all) Xvid-encoded files cause
Explorer to crash when you click on the filename. If you double-click the
filename, it runs the designated program for .AVI files and then crashes.

If I rename the .AVI file to .Xvid, then Explorer does not crash. Of
course, you then have to set some program to play Xvid files, as it is an
unknown filetype.

The Windows crash diagnostic software pops up and says Explorer's crash is
due to a fault in the Xvid codec, contact Xvid.org for help.

This is nonsense. The crash is caused by Explorer calling an external
subroutine without first setting an error trap, something that even
beginner programmers are taught how to do. There is no way that such an
essential cornerstone of Windows should be so unreliable.

My 7 computers are all totally stable and reliable except for Explorer,
which crashes more than all other programs on my computers combined.

Why Microsoft spent hundreds of man-hours implementing on-line crash
diagnostic software instead of 30 minutes fixing Explorer, only God and
Bill Gates know.

[end of rant]

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