Explorer problem when opening movie files.

romaurie · 10-28-2008, 08:45 AM

I am running 2 computers with windows sp3.The slower of the 2 with an Asus motherboard has a problem when I open a file containing either wmv video clips uploaded from my camera or certain downloaded movies.I get the "Windows explorer has detected a problem and has to close" message.If I ignore the message and "open with" VLC or Windows media player, it plays.But when I click on the message it crashes and goes back to my desktop.The faster computer with exactly the same files, no problemo.I have tried isolating the offending files to 1 folder and burning it to a disc.The same problem when I open from the disc but not on a DVD player.I got a message once when re-booting that I may have a driver conflict.But it has not repeated and I am wondering whether to uninstall all my media players and start again.
Any suggestions?
Romaurie

romaurie · 10-30-2008, 05:47 PM

I started removing video players and found "MPCSTAR" was causing the problem.Any video editing software was being corrupted by this player.

10-28-2008, 08:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
romaurie Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Eilat, on the Red Sea.[formerly Bournemouth] Posts: 28 OS: XP proffessional Xp2	Explorer problem when opening movie files. I am running 2 computers with windows sp3.The slower of the 2 with an Asus motherboard has a problem when I open a file containing either wmv video clips uploaded from my camera or certain downloaded movies.I get the "Windows explorer has detected a problem and has to close" message.If I ignore the message and "open with" VLC or Windows media player, it plays.But when I click on the message it crashes and goes back to my desktop.The faster computer with exactly the same files, no problemo.I have tried isolating the offending files to 1 folder and burning it to a disc.The same problem when I open from the disc but not on a DVD player.I got a message once when re-booting that I may have a driver conflict.But it has not repeated and I am wondering whether to uninstall all my media players and start again. Any suggestions? Romaurie

10-30-2008, 05:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
romaurie Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Eilat, on the Red Sea.[formerly Bournemouth] Posts: 28 OS: XP proffessional Xp2	Re: Explorer problem when opening movie files. I started removing video players and found "MPCSTAR" was causing the problem.Any video editing software was being corrupted by this player.