Windows Explorer Crash when opening My Videos folder

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Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sory for theinconvenience.
AppName: explorer.exe
AppVer : 6.0.2900.5512
ModName: shmedia.dll
ModVer : 6.0.2900.5512
Offset : 0000ac54

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It appears when I open a folder in My videos through Windows explorer. I visited this page via Google Search, and apparently it was old problem, the thread was created in 2004

So, this is why my windows encountered this problem.

Windows XP Explorer has a ‘feature’ to provide a preview in the Details box on the left of the file you have selected, if it’s supported. Image files, HTML pages, video clips, MP3s, etc are all previewed (even with the folder view open).
If you have a large movie clip and it either is corrupt (ie. no index from a partialdownload) or it uses an unsupported codec, then Explorer tries to load the whole file. This can slow your computer a lot and prevent deleting/renaming/moving/etc the file until it’s finished.

To fix it, simply do the following steps:
Click Start – Run – type regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll

It will remove media preview in Windows Explorer. Now, the problem should be disappear.
To re-add media preview, click Start – Run – type regsvr32 shmedia.dll

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