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dX927 · 12-12-2004, 01:24 PM

Now to add to my current problems, everytime I try to access My Videos folder it crashes. Sometimes I get the error message saying that Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and sometimes I don't.

What is really weird is that if I access a subfolder within that folder, I have absolutely no problems and it stays open fine.

I'm currently running an HP Pavillion with a 2.53GHz Pentium 4 Processor with 512MB of ram. I currently have Service Pack 2 installed. This problem has only been happening over the last 2 days or so.

Any kind of help will be greatly appreciated.

jon_264 · 12-13-2004, 01:16 AM

One possibility is that it could be a video file you have in that folder that you don't have the correct codec for. I had this problem a while ago and got round it by changing the view type from thumbnails to list. This stopped windows from trying to display a thumbnail for each video file.
Using a process of elimination you could move video files from this folder to another folder in the order of most recently added and work backwards till the problem stops. Then you should be able to identify the file that is causing you the problem and fix it by getting the correct codec of deleting the file.
Can you actually play all the video files in this folder or are some causing problems?

Craven Morehead · 12-13-2004, 06:31 AM

Having the same problem also. SP 2 installed as well. Explorer hangs whenever I try to access that folder. Makes no difference if I'm viewing details or thumbnails. Although if it in detail view mode, it will work for a while before it hangs. Very frustrating.

dX927 · 12-13-2004, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by jon_264

One possibility is that it could be a video file you have in that folder that you don't have the correct codec for. I had this problem a while ago and got round it by changing the view type from thumbnails to list. This stopped windows from trying to display a thumbnail for each video file.
Using a process of elimination you could move video files from this folder to another folder in the order of most recently added and work backwards till the problem stops. Then you should be able to identify the file that is causing you the problem and fix it by getting the correct codec of deleting the file.
Can you actually play all the video files in this folder or are some causing problems?

I went and moved the entire bunch of files that were in this folder into a subfolder within My Videos and have had no problems at all thusfar with the folder. I haven't went and tried to play every single file since that's around 700 lol.

12-12-2004, 01:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
dX927 Crazy Location: Deltona, FL	My Videos Folder Crashing Now to add to my current problems, everytime I try to access My Videos folder it crashes. Sometimes I get the error message saying that Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and sometimes I don't. What is really weird is that if I access a subfolder within that folder, I have absolutely no problems and it stays open fine. I'm currently running an HP Pavillion with a 2.53GHz Pentium 4 Processor with 512MB of ram. I currently have Service Pack 2 installed. This problem has only been happening over the last 2 days or so. Any kind of help will be greatly appreciated.

12-13-2004, 01:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
jon_264 Tilted	One possibility is that it could be a video file you have in that folder that you don't have the correct codec for. I had this problem a while ago and got round it by changing the view type from thumbnails to list. This stopped windows from trying to display a thumbnail for each video file. Using a process of elimination you could move video files from this folder to another folder in the order of most recently added and work backwards till the problem stops. Then you should be able to identify the file that is causing you the problem and fix it by getting the correct codec of deleting the file. Can you actually play all the video files in this folder or are some causing problems?

12-13-2004, 06:31 AM	#3 (permalink)
Craven Morehead Custom User Title	Having the same problem also. SP 2 installed as well. Explorer hangs whenever I try to access that folder. Makes no difference if I'm viewing details or thumbnails. Although if it in detail view mode, it will work for a while before it hangs. Very frustrating.