Why does Windows crash when opening a folder with an invalid mpg?

Answer 1

"Not certain, but if the Windows you are using is XP, isn't XP configured so as to be capable of playing mpegs within Explorer? If so, this could be tied in to your problem. Try disabling that ability in folder options, it might assist."

ok i shall try and help here

the file is corrupt and whenever you try to read from the part of your hard disk it crashes because its trying to access a file that it says isn't there but at the same time is there

Delete the folder and the files inside and empty recycle bin

im afraid anything inside there is gone

A friend just had this but the file was on his desktop so i had to use command prompt to get rid of it but as soon as the file was gone then his laptop worked perfectly

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I don't know the answer yet, but I have the same problem. I know the file is not corrupt because, share the folder on the network and other computers can play the file without a problem.

So don't delete the file to quickly.

This doesn't solve your problem but you also won't lose a potentially irreplaceable movie.

Try putting in your XP or Vista disk and using the repair option? you may be missing some key files that will allow you to play the movie or even read the movie as a file