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hi experts,
I have a security camera hooked up on my computer and when I try and view the videos from its location on the hard drive and I'm getting this windows explorer error please see attachment.
I have a security camera hooked up on my computer and when I try and view the videos from its location on the hard drive and I'm getting this windows explorer error please see attachment.
http://www.technipages.com/xp-windows-explorer-crashes-when-opening-folder-with-corrupted-video-files.html
Basically, this happens because of the auto-preview of video files. The video file is somehow corrupted and when explorer tries to preview the file it crashes.
If you open your media player and try to open the file from there, can you see the video?
Basically, this happens because of the auto-preview of video files. The video file is somehow corrupted and when explorer tries to preview the file it crashes.
If you open your media player and try to open the file from there, can you see the video?
Is there anything of value in the technical information?
Can you open a command prompt and do a dir command on the folder you are trying to open with Windows Explorer?
I always found Windows Explorer to be very reliable. .. Thinkpads_User
Can you open a command prompt and do a dir command on the folder you are trying to open with Windows Explorer?
I always found Windows Explorer to be very reliable. .. Thinkpads_User
On another note, if you unregister the shmedia.dll altogether, by running:
You can always enable it by running:
regsvr32 /u shmedia.dllYou can always enable it by running:
regsvr32 shmedia.dllASKER
naomelixes, i tried your suggestions and got same results.
i can't even open the videos by going to media player or realplayer..
i can't even open the videos by going to media player or realplayer..
Take a look at xPlorer2 (zabkat.com) and see if it works better. They have a free version and a free trial of the Pro version. I use it in Windows 7 and like it a lot.
Did you try the DIR command to see if at least that much works?
... Thinkpads_User
Did you try the DIR command to see if at least that much works?
... Thinkpads_User
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yes, i tried the dir command and no go.
>>> yes, i tried the dir command and no go.
That means the issue is not a Windows Explorer problem and not a video application problem. Cannot be, if you cannot locate the folder with a basic DIR command.
So at this point, it seems you need to look at the connection and see if you can get traffic flowing.
... Thinkpads_User
That means the issue is not a Windows Explorer problem and not a video application problem. Cannot be, if you cannot locate the folder with a basic DIR command.
So at this point, it seems you need to look at the connection and see if you can get traffic flowing.
... Thinkpads_User
The other thing (especially since basic DIR cannot display the folder) is that the camera is not putting out Windows compatible data.
Can you bring the camera in house for local testing?
... Thinkpads_User
Can you bring the camera in house for local testing?
... Thinkpads_User
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