Windows 7: Shmedia.dll fix equivalent?

OffColour · 26 Sep 2009

Hi folks,

Has anyone figured out the equivalent of "regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll" for Windows 7? Getting sick of seeing the green bar grind along in explorer everytime I go into a folder with videos in it.
I just want explorer to be really dumb and show filename, date and size without digging into every file and clogging up the system.

Thanks

Jacee · 26 Sep 2009

From MS "Help and Support"

Quote:

This problem occurs because Windows scans the large AVI file when you click it in Windows Explorer. When you click a large AVI file (for example, when you click a 700-megabyte [MB] AVI file) in Windows Explorer, Windows tries to query the index of the file. If there is no index information in the file, Windows performs a loop to check all portions of the file to build the index. Because of the large size of the AVI file (in this example, 700 MB), it takes a long time for Windows to scan the whole file. Because of this behavior, the CPU usage of the Explorer.exe process reaches 100 percent

Antman · 26 Sep 2009

Jacee - do you have a link for that info? I have some large AVI files with corrupt indices. They are playable, but they are not Explorer friendly.

My current solution is to wrap them in a RAR file uncompressed.

Jacee · 26 Sep 2009

It's pretty old Antman, but this is the link:
Windows Stops Responding When You Click a Large AVI File in Windows Explorer

Antman · 26 Sep 2009

A hotfix for XP. I will keep digging, but I am satisifed with my "fix". I only need to view any single file once in a blue moon.

Shark007 · 27 Sep 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by Antman

I have some large AVI files with corrupt indices. They are playable, but they are not Explorer friendly.

your solution is Divfix++

Don't be shy, load a file, hit the Fix button,
it writes a new file prefixed with Divfix++ and doesnt alter the original.

ahmadmaher · 05 Jan 2010

any news for the shmedia.dll issue ?

bernard · 19 Apr 2010

No new solution?

pacinitaly · 25 Jul 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by ahmadmaher

any news for the shmedia.dll issue ?

same here

karrde · 01 Nov 2010

Start the Windows Registry Editor program:
Start -> Run -> regedit
Navigate to the following key:
"HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.xyz\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}"
(replace .xyz with the desired file extension like .avi or .mkv)
Right-click on "{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}" and select Delete.

Or alternatively if the DivX preview cause the explorer hang/crash: unregister and/or rename "DivXThumbnailProvider.dll" (at C:\Program Files\DivX\DivX Plus Media Foundation Components\ ).

Windows 7: Shmedia.dll fix equivalent?

Shmedia.dll fix equivalent? problems?