Posted by member 144980 on 2004-08-17 10:53:35 link
i had a problem once my folder of avis got over a certain size (and then the same thing happened to my pics folder) where it kept crashing explorer.
the only similarity to your problem was that it was related to preview.
windows (or at least xp) was trying to preview all of the thumbs which was too much and crashed explorer.
i found info about it here
entering "RegSvr32 /u ShMedia.DLL" into run turns off the dll that attempts to preview files.
the only drawback i've found from using that is that when viewing files in the details view some of the info won't show.
your problem don't sound exactly the same but that might be of some use anyway
the only similarity to your problem was that it was related to preview.
windows (or at least xp) was trying to preview all of the thumbs which was too much and crashed explorer.
i found info about it here
entering "RegSvr32 /u ShMedia.DLL" into run turns off the dll that attempts to preview files.
the only drawback i've found from using that is that when viewing files in the details view some of the info won't show.
your problem don't sound exactly the same but that might be of some use anyway