serious problem

[arko]

hey everyone!
my OS is WindowsXP. i have a movie file on my hard-disk in the .avi format. whenever i place my cursor on it or right click on it, my system temporarily hangs and an error message come up that reads something like this:
"Memory at <some location> could not be referenced. The memory at <some location> could not be written. Click OK to terminate, Cancel to debug."

when i click on OK, Windows Explorer shuts down and restarts.
but no problem arises when i open the file with a media player to watch the movie.
is there a way to fix this problem? kindly let me know.

thank you.

[theraven]

thats cuz when building a preview, windows checks the ENTIRE avi file
and if theres an error it hangs

ur gonna have to disable media previews
check the following list , might be helpful for other things as well

1) Open a command window (Start->Run, type in 'cmd' hit enter) 
2) To remove image preview, type and hit enter 
regsvr32 /u shimgvw.dll 
3) To readd image preview, type and hit enter 
regsvr32 shimgvw.dll 
4) To remove media preview, type and hit enter 
regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll 
5) To readd media preview, type and hit enter 
regsvr32 shmedia.dll

Credit: http://www.tweakxp.com/tweak2123.aspx

[alib_i]

also check my reply in the following thread
http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/view...ht=avi+preview

theraven's method will entirely disable the media file preview.
The registry edit i've pointed out there will only affect avi files. You can try any of them.

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alibi

[digitizen]

it is because windows uses the avi or divx codec to show the preview everytime you point it . so the system hangs due to the memory build up taken to load the codec . so either disable video preview or be ready for frequent system hang ups