Problem browsing movie folders

[seba18]

Every time when I start my computer and I browse for the first time a folder with movies(containing 2 .avi files, for example), my window (MyComputer or TotalCommander) stops responding for a while(1-2 minutes).

I tried to login as Administrator and there everything looks to work fine.

How could I resolve that problem without deleting my actual user and creating a new one?

Thank's for any suggestion!

 

[linney]

822430 - Windows Stops Responding When You Click a Large AVI File in Windows Explorer

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822430&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

There is a bug in XP in handling AVI files, where the file is corrupt or broken, causing explorer to read the whole file looking for index

or property details.

It has been suggested to correct this misbehavior in Windows XP, remove the following registry key.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}\InProcServer32

This will prevent Explorer from loading shmedia.dll in response to file property queries on these files.



Also try these.

A suggested workaround: Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to
the key below and delete the default data (right pane).

For AVI's

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.avi\
shellex\PropertyHandler

For MP3's

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.mp3\shellex\PropertyHandler

Note: Make a backup of each key before editing.


Have a look around these links.

Select a file - windows stops.
Thread779-422825

 

[seba18]

I tried to do what you said (both for all the files and only for .avi's), but the problem still persists.

My window don't hangs when I click on the .avi file, but when I double-click to enter in the folder that contains that file. The content of the folder is shown only after the window hang(both in WindowsExplorer and TotalCommander).

 

[linney]

How does your user opening these folders in Safe Mode behave?

Similarly how does it go if you temporarily disable any Anti Virus scanner?

Maybe this is all that is left for you to try.

811151 - How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811151

Some general things to try.

See if System Restore will get you back to a restore point before your problem with Explorer.

Try running ChkDsk to check your drive for errors. Right click your Drive icon/ Properties/ Tools/ Error Checking.

Run the System File Checker program from the Run Box by typing.....Sfc /Scannow in it and have your XP CD handy.

HOW TO: Verify Unsigned Device Drivers in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q308/5/14.asp

If they don't work you could try repairing windows by running it over itself. You will lose all your windows updates but your files will be untouched, which makes it a good time to install SP2 too and thereby recovering all the updates.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP (Q315341)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q315/3/41.asp