WickedSunshine

Yes, as you said: "Right clicking on a file or folder would produce an memory expection in explorer. (however it worked fine, clicking in a blank area, plus using the WINDOWS context menu button)." Oddly enough after living with my problem and occasionally checking back to this bookmarked webpage I got a little used to the problem. A week or two ago and after some reboots the problem has since resolved itself. Go figure. So now I'm clearing out some old bookmarks and discover all of your remarks. Good to know for future reference. I'm keeping this bookmark and will certainly keep this site handy. Thank you all, regardless. Groove on, ~ Sunshine *

I should also add that it only crashes if a foler or file is selected to menu 'Edit' or right-click. Windows Explorer does not crash if I right-click on empty space with nothing selected, say to create a new folder. Peace, ~ Sunshine

I have similar symptoms. Using Windows 2000, Windows Explorer with folders on the left and the files on the right. I have right-click ability on the left folders but any file or folder on the right will crash instantly with no error message if I right-click on it. Using the top menu Edit function also crashes. The taskbar usually restarts thereafter but sometimes I use the task manager to re-launch it. I can still rename files and drag and drop, but not cut or move. I recently installed new XdiV codecs AllIn1_v6.0.2.0.exe from http://www.codec-download.com/. I suspect there's the culprit from what someone posted here. Unfortunately I have no back ups and am at a loss as to what to do now. My skills are limitted and I'm afraid to make things worse by messing with my registry too much. Good luck and best regards, ~ Sunshine