Pure guess, but could you try throwing in the install disk, and repairing [...or wait, can you still do that with Vista, as you could in XP?] Hmm, what does the folder you're trying to view contain? Videos, perhaps?
the only issue i see with vista is that it shouldn't have been released in its current state or at all. MS needed to totally rethink everyrthing they are doing. lets face, you need a brand new computer with extremely good hardware to run Vista for it's true intentions.
Yeah, that doesn't mean they shouldn't have released it. This happens all the time when a new OS is released, its going to take some time for everyone to get settled with it. XP was way worse. And I don't know what you mean about it not being released in it's current state, it's perfectly stable, there's just a lack of drivers from many hardware vendors. I'd have Vista installed if Nvidia would fix the openGL and SLi issues with their drivers.
Hi guys....this my 1st post i wish it will help the same proplem happend to me and it was driving me crazy , but i finally found that if i turned off "Thumbnail View" in explorer, it will not crash anymore...and the reason i think that some of the video files that i have in My Documents folder are damaged or too old version that is not compatiable with the installed Video Codecs. tell us if it worked
You can do this in My Documnets by selecting "View" then "Icons". If explorer crashes once you open My Documnets then, try this: - from My Computer go to C:\ drive. - right click Documents And Settings and click properties then Customize then choose from the drop-down list "Documents(for any file type)",...if it is already selected select something else then select it back. - check "Also apply this template to all sub-folders" - click Apply peace!!
See, I was thinking it was the thumbnail codec issue too, but he then said any folder when I asked if the folder contained videos. To add onto lparabia's post, I would also go into folder options [same place as it was in XP, press alt to unhide it] and under the view tab check "Always show icons, never thumbnails". I'm not 100% on this solution, but if it is indeed the codec issue, then I'm kinda disappointed it hasn't been fixed in Vista, as it's also an XP issue.
Yeah, I didn't think that was your problem really, but just had to make sure. Apart from that, I haven't a clue.