Most times when I try accessing a folder that has media files (namely music and videos), Windows Explorer will freeze and display the message "Windows Explorer has stopped working." I'm using Vista Home Premium SP2. This is the Event Viewer info: Level Date and Time Source Event ID Task Category Information 2/01/2010 12:15:10 p.m. Windows Error Reporting 1001 None "Fault bucket 1348551198, type 1 Event Name: APPCRASH Response: None Cab Id: 0 Problem signature: P1: Explorer.exe P2: 6.0.6002.18005 P3: 49e01da5 P4: StackHash_1703 P5: 0.0.0.0 P6: 00000000 P7: c0000005 P8: 0578b5ed P9: P10: Attached files: These files may be available here: " Thanks in advance
Try to wipe all the 3rd party codecs and reinstall Windows Media Player (as well as any other media players) on your computer. My educated guess is that Windows is trying hard to prepare a preview, but codecs and/or media players conflict with each other which results in the failure of Explorer.
