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Windows Explorer crashes whenever I view a folder with an MP4 (H.264) video file in 'Large Icons' view (shows thumbnails)

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Problem

Whenever I view a folder which contains .MP4 (H.264) video files in large icon view (shows thumbnails), Windows 7's Explorer crashes. Explorer loads for a few seconds, the green progress bar shows up, and then boom!, Explorer crashes. The thumbnails are not shown before crashing. Does anyone know h…

Error Output

Event Viewer log:

Faulting application name: Explorer.EXE, version: 6.1.7600.16450, time stamp: 0x4aeba271
Faulting module name: qedit.dll, version:…

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Fix for: Windows Explorer crashes whenever I view a folder with an MP4 (H.264) video file in 'Large Icons' view (shows thumbnails)

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Two options: Remove media preview, by typing in: From this page: Click Start>Run, type REGEDIT and click Ok. Then make your way to this InProcServer32 key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE >SOFTWARE >Classes CLSID > {87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}> InProcS…

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