Ever had such a problem, that when you are browsing your files and you reach a folder with Video files, and you encounter a ‘Windows Explorer Stopped Working’ Error‘? If you have, then there is a simple solution for it.
Here’s what you need to do:
- Open any other folder having a similar content viz. video files and change the View setting to List
- Next, go to Tools > Folder Options > View Tab
- Under the View Tab Click the Apply to Folders and Press Yes.
Now all the folders having a similar content will automatically show their content in the List view .
Now you should not face the problem of your Windows Explorer crashing when you open a folder containing video files.
- Tags: Explorer
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Or you could do this:
Start – Run – regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll
This will disable video preview of all movies, and you could keep the view mode that you like for folder contents.
^ Nice tip Alexx! Thanks :0
thanks ! 🙂
THe .dll was not found on my computer, so does not work for me.
good brother It’s work in xps3
does not work
thanks man…tried everything…
thanks man,it worked for my window 7
Holy Shit This works MAn THANKKKS
worked just for seconds then it crashes again -_-
This isn’t a “fix,” this is a work-around. You didn’t fix the problem, you just found a way to ignore it. One real solution is to uninstall the optional Windows update KB2670838. On PCs with certain motherboard configurations, that particular update causes Windows Explorer to crash when loading video folders. This update causes numerous other problems, too.
Another option is just not to use Windows Explorer. There’s a free program call Q-Dir that is a substitute and offers more options. http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/Q-Dir
doesnt work