XP Windows Explorer Avi Problem

BarbershopJohn wrote:
Simply do the following steps:
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

The Credit goes to http://www.tweakxp.com/tweak2123.aspx”
regards John

Thankyou so much for posting this, I know this thread for posting is very old now, started 4 years ago omg!. Well I wanted to let you all know it worked for my crashing issues with Windows Live Photo Gallery, some reason it was freaking out everytime I loaded up the WLPG, only said shmedia.dll error. Thankyou again! Works fine again!

thx for regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll , this is solution for my avi/explorel crashes

the solution worked!!
about the disabling the media preview
the windows crashing issue never occurred yay

Thank you for this fix:

“4) To remove media preview, type and hit enter
regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll "

All the problems moving movie files was freaking me out.
Now everything works proper and windows runs faster (I think I never had use the preview option in explorer so i will not miss it) ;-)

Thank you 2DSM2 for FFDS tip. This has plagued me for a long time!!!!!!!!!!1

I tried the dll mod thing but WMP still crashes when i try to open avi files. This is my error report, could anyone help?

AppName: wmplayer.exe AppVer: 10.0.0.3646
ModName: unknown
ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 00000000

You guys, thanx a bunch. BarbershopJohn’s post did the trick for me...

You rule.

wiz wrote: Nobody seem to have an answer for windows 2000. Everytime i try to add and avi to nero for a burn, the pc hangs. Divx can play the files fine. Run the regsrv32 /u shmedia.dll command comes up with file not found.

????

wtf would you say something like that, for, you burn movies for a living, IDIOT.

uninstall all codec packs, download klite codec pack full, reboot and install that pack, with mpc, you won’t have any issues, unless you have other system issues going on. what ive used for years and i never encounter errors of any kind.

Snadge wrote: Try removing All your codecs and install DivX & Xvid then turn the thumbnail preview back on and you will find that all is normal, the reason it does that is because its trying to encode with the wtrong codec to show the preview , I have DivX and Xvid codecs installed and it sorted my problem out, i switched the thumbnail back on and it works fine, DivX converts ALL codecs ive come across and i burn movies for a living...

meant that idiot, sry wiz.

Just as an update for future refrence, stop shuting down shmedia.dll and thinking its golden, people actually like to see thumbnails.

The error report states on my computer that xvid.dll was the culprit. yes shmedia.dll solves the problem, but uninstalling the xvid codec should solve the problem without touching shmedia.dll. it worked on my computer, i hope it works on others too. its really stupid to call it quits with just turning off a windows feature that is not causing the problem .

*note* divx has also been known to cause this problem with some people. try uninstalling this and reinstalling a different version of divx. same for xvid, another version of it should work fine for you.

Yup Worked great. thanks for all you dears' help.

Fixed worked great,
now can you help me with stage 2?

AVIs crash every program I try to open them with.
Any suggestions?
I tried updating my codecs, but by now, this computer
with 5 years of crap on it probably has 500 of the same codec to do the same thing.

I tried the REGSVR32 /U SHMEDIA.DLL AND IT WORKED FINE YESTER DAY FOR ONE VIDEO IN MY PROJECT BUT THE NEXT DAY I TRRIED ANOTHER VIDEO, DID IT THE SAME WAY AND NOW BACK TO SQUARE 1 VIRTUALDUB 1.7.1 AND 1.6.4 SAY THAT TOWARDS THE END OF THE AVI THAT SOMETHING LOCKED A PORTION OF THE FILE AND THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING WITH MOST OF MY AVI FILES AND ALMOST EVERY VIDEO CLIP I TRY TO ENCODE OR DECOMPRESS. IT HAS COST ME LOTS OF HOURS OF WAISTED TIME AND IM FRUSTRADED BECAUSE IM NOT SURE IF IM GOING TO GET THIS ISSUE RESOVED AND WITH HAVE TO SACRIFICE QUALITY ON MY PROJECT AND POSSIBLE HAVE TO LEARN OTHER METHODS TO GET AROUND THIS WHICH I DONT REALLY HAVE TIME TO DO THIS YEAR.

Hammy wrote: I had the same experience with XP explorer crashing and not responding after opening a folder that contained avi files.
I had to use task manager to close folder.
I downloaded DivX521XP2K.exe and it solved the problem without having to regedit.

Many thanks for your advice.

you are a son of a B
this is a virus file
google it guys
you are a loser.

fohktor wrote: Thanks all!

I was trying to figure what the heck was bogging down my system and the info here lead me in the right direction.

regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll

Worked great for me as well. Thank you!

Excellent fix, ive been struggling with this problem for weeks with my xp media server. This fix finally solved it.

Mucho love.

OMG, you guys are my savior...!!!
My winExplorer keep crashing everytime i point to .mkv (matroska format)

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* regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll *
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...who the hell gonna use that dumb preview anyway

THANKS A BUNCH guys !

Just to say Explorer/My Computer under XP with SP3 still locks AVI files preventing the “Move To” operation. I tested the solutions mentioned here including the REGSVR32 /U SHMEDIA.DLL - they work but have the side-effect of disabling ALL Media file Preview and Info displays.

One of the solutions mentioned is more specific and just disables the AVI Shellex Property Handler - which leaves other innocent Media files working as before.

Modified from the post above the details are:

Run regedit and find the following key :- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler
Right click the “Default” value and use the “Modify Binary Data” option for this key - delete all the data and then close. You should now be able Copy and Move AVI files without Explorer declaring a Locked File error. Only loss is the detailed Media info for the AVI filetype that Explorer previously showed.

Keep a copy of the Key Data if you want to reverse the fix.

Hi not sure of this problem is related but if anyone can offer some help I would be very grateful. A large number of my avi and mpg files have suddenly decided to play sound but no video. I have tried downloading codecs, removing all codecs that might conflict, run every virus check known to man and reloading the original avi / mpg files from my backup. Same story; audio but no picture. Gspot does not pick up an error either.
I use Adobe Premier Pro in my work and the files even appear likewise there. I have tried rendering and exporting edits as different file types but the corrupted individual files are un-repaired.
I tried copying the damaged files to my laptop to see if the same problem occurred. Get this. Suddenly many of the avi and mpg files on my laptop start doing the same thing. This has VIRUS written all over it but having researched the web, no-one seems to be have identified any such virus. One interesting thing is that when I download new video from my camera, it plays first time OK. The second time I play it there is a long pause and then YEP no picture just Audio!!
Any words of wisdom???