Microsoft's Explorer is known to crash by navigating to a directory with files it can't render. These can be AVI, JPEG or others. While Microsoft continues to stand by its decision that this is no bug it causes many a lot of lost time.
Fix? None? Workarounds? Set the views to LIST or DETAILED LIST.
Bob
I have a problem with my Windows Explorer since after the latest re-installation. My Windows Explorer will always crash which I don't know why. This are the problem signature
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Explorer.EXE
Application Version: 6.0.6002.18005
Application Timestamp: 49e01da5
Fault Module Name: sharemedia.dll_unloaded
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 4c0786de
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 61f3a350
OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.2
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 40d4
Additional Information 2: 4062ad41ec8067256aa4c5e2b56d3c79
Additional Information 3: 40d4
Additional Information 4: 4062ad41ec8067256aa4c5e2b56d3c79
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