822430 - Windows Stops Responding When You Click a Large AVI File in Windows Explorer
There is a bug in XP in handling AVI files, where the file is corrupt or broken, causing explorer to read the whole file looking for index or property details.
It has been suggested to correct this misbehavior in Windows XP, remove the following registry key.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}\InProcServer32
This will prevent Explorer from loading shmedia.dll in response to file property queries on these files.
Also try these.
A suggested workaround: Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to
the key below and delete the default data (right pane).
For AVI's
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.avi\
shellex\PropertyHandler
For MP3's
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.mp3\shellex\PropertyHandler
Note: Make a backup of each key before editing.
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Select a file - windows stops.
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