"My Pictures" crashes Windows Explorer

Whenever I open up "My Pictures" in Vista, all I see are the generic images
for the file types (i.e. a flower or a few shapes or a landscape for .jpg
or.bmp or whatever). After a few seconds, I get an error message that says
"Windows Explorer has stopped working" then "Searching for a solution" then
"Windows Explorer is restarting." Then, everything flashes away except my
desktop image, and then everything's back except the Pictures folder. I'm
running a new version of Vista, I only bought the computer a few moths ago.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Go to Control Panel (Classic view) > Problem Reports and Solutions > Click the
"View problem history" link in the left hand blue pane > right click the problem
and select "View problem details" > in the lower left corner of the window,
click the "Copy to clipboard" link > paste in to a reply to this message thread.


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"Oisin" <> wrote in message
news:5AC90039-0B68-498B-90EC-...
> Whenever I open up "My Pictures" in Vista, all I see are the generic images
> for the file types (i.e. a flower or a few shapes or a landscape for .jpg
> or.bmp or whatever). After a few seconds, I get an error message that says
> "Windows Explorer has stopped working" then "Searching for a solution" then
> "Windows Explorer is restarting." Then, everything flashes away except my
> desktop image, and then everything's back except the Pictures folder. I'm
> running a new version of Vista, I only bought the computer a few moths ago.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Here you go:

Product
Windows Explorer

Problem
Stopped working

Date
9/26/2007 9:02 AM

Status
Report Sent

Problem signature
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: explorer.exe
Application Version: 6.0.6000.16386
Application Timestamp: 4549b091
Fault Module Name: PhotoMetadataHandler.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.0.6000.16386
Fault Module Timestamp: 4549bdaa
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00026086
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: d6aa
Additional Information 2: 550813108d42c370043e28bb37aac5af
Additional Information 3: d6aa
Additional Information 4: 550813108d42c370043e28bb37aac5af

Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID: 523376472


"Cal Bear '66" wrote:

> Go to Control Panel (Classic view) > Problem Reports and Solutions > Click the
> "View problem history" link in the left hand blue pane > right click the problem
> and select "View problem details" > in the lower left corner of the window,
> click the "Copy to clipboard" link > paste in to a reply to this message thread.
>
>
> I Bleed Blue and Gold
> GO BEARS!
>
>
> "Oisin" <> wrote in message
> news:5AC90039-0B68-498B-90EC-...
> > Whenever I open up "My Pictures" in Vista, all I see are the generic images
> > for the file types (i.e. a flower or a few shapes or a landscape for .jpg
> > or.bmp or whatever). After a few seconds, I get an error message that says
> > "Windows Explorer has stopped working" then "Searching for a solution" then
> > "Windows Explorer is restarting." Then, everything flashes away except my
> > desktop image, and then everything's back except the Pictures folder. I'm
> > running a new version of Vista, I only bought the computer a few moths ago.
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
>

You shouldn't be able to open "My Pictures" in Vista, as it's not really a
folder, but is a junction point. Do you mean "Pictures"?



"Oisin" <> wrote in message
news:5AC90039-0B68-498B-90EC-...
> Whenever I open up "My Pictures" in Vista, all I see are the generic
> images
> for the file types (i.e. a flower or a few shapes or a landscape for .jpg
> or.bmp or whatever). After a few seconds, I get an error message that
> says
> "Windows Explorer has stopped working" then "Searching for a solution"
> then
> "Windows Explorer is restarting." Then, everything flashes away except my
> desktop image, and then everything's back except the Pictures folder. I'm
> running a new version of Vista, I only bought the computer a few moths
> ago.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!

The KB fix for this was published October 2nd, apparently--
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941649
=)

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See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
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"Oisin" <> wrote in message
news:9B587C59-BAA2-491C-80F3-...
> Here you go:
>
> Product
> Windows Explorer
>
> Problem
> Stopped working
>
> Date
> 9/26/2007 9:02 AM
>
> Status
> Report Sent
>
> Problem signature
> Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
> Application Name: explorer.exe
> Application Version: 6.0.6000.16386
> Application Timestamp: 4549b091
> Fault Module Name: PhotoMetadataHandler.dll
> Fault Module Version: 6.0.6000.16386
> Fault Module Timestamp: 4549bdaa
> Exception Code: c0000005
> Exception Offset: 00026086
> OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
> Locale ID: 1033
> Additional Information 1: d6aa
> Additional Information 2: 550813108d42c370043e28bb37aac5af
> Additional Information 3: d6aa
> Additional Information 4: 550813108d42c370043e28bb37aac5af
>
> Extra information about the problem
> Bucket ID: 523376472
>
>
> "Cal Bear '66" wrote:
>
>> Go to Control Panel (Classic view) > Problem Reports and Solutions >
>> Click the
>> "View problem history" link in the left hand blue pane > right click the
>> problem
>> and select "View problem details" > in the lower left corner of the
>> window,
>> click the "Copy to clipboard" link > paste in to a reply to this message
>> thread.
>>
>>
>> I Bleed Blue and Gold
>> GO BEARS!
>>
>>
>> "Oisin" <> wrote in message
>> news:5AC90039-0B68-498B-90EC-...
>> > Whenever I open up "My Pictures" in Vista, all I see are the generic
>> > images
>> > for the file types (i.e. a flower or a few shapes or a landscape for
>> > .jpg
>> > or.bmp or whatever). After a few seconds, I get an error message that
>> > says
>> > "Windows Explorer has stopped working" then "Searching for a solution"
>> > then
>> > "Windows Explorer is restarting." Then, everything flashes away except
>> > my
>> > desktop image, and then everything's back except the Pictures folder.
>> > I'm
>> > running a new version of Vista, I only bought the computer a few moths
>> > ago.
>> > Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>>
>>