hi Chris

Thanks for the advice, but sadly the problem still happens.

tom

"Chris Altmann" wrote:

> It might be a buggy icon thumbnail handler installed by Illustrator. Try
> disabling thumbnails
> http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...ista-explorer/
>
> "tom" <tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F28A58D7-0B2D-41EF-9A1F-B2CDBB7A780F@microsoft.com...
> > As above-
> >
> > have a folder that contains 995 files of vector EPS files (for use in
> > adobe
> > illustrator).
> > total folder size is 171mb.
> >
> > when i open it from the vista explorer it crashes and also if i try to do
> > it
> > from with illustrator or photoshop.
> >
> > so maybe there is a corrupt file in there somewhere? but how do i find it?
> >
> > or can vista not handle big folders?
> >
> > annoyingly i can view and use the files on my old XP perfectly ok.
> >
> > any help much appreciated!
> >
> > these are some error codes that i have got from Event Viewer-
> >
> > Faulting application Explorer.EXE, version 6.0.6000.16386, time stamp
> > 0x4549b091, faulting module ntdll.dll, version 6.0.6000.16386, time stamp
> > 0x4549bdc9, exception code 0xc0000374, fault offset 0x000af1c9, process id
> > 0x1644, application start time 0x01c77777f98d1f7d.
> >
> > and
> >
> > System
> >
> > - Provider
> >
> > [ Name] Application Error
> >
> > - EventID 1000
> >
> > [ Qualifiers] 0
> >
> > Level 2
> >
> > Task 100
> >
> > Keywords 0x80000000000000
> >
> > - TimeCreated
> >
> > [ SystemTime] 2007-04-05T11:54:31.000Z
> >
> > EventRecordID 2490
> >
> > Channel Application
> >
> > Computer Turbo3
> >
> > Security
> >
> >
> > - EventData
> >
> > Explorer.EXE
> > 6.0.6000.16386
> > 4549b091
> > ntdll.dll
> > 6.0.6000.16386
> > 4549bdc9
> > c0000374
> > 000af1c9
> > 1644
> > 01c77777f98d1f7d
> >
>
>
>