You could open a command prompt window to the folder and temporarily 'break'
the file association via:
ren *.EPS *.EPSX
then, if you can open the folder in explorer, you know it's not a size
issue, but specific to the file association. You can undo the break by
typing:
ren *.EPSX *.EPS
Then you can dig deeper per .'s post.
--
Good Luck,
Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
"tom" <tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:26CE5118-B347-44FE-B886-D805841DEEC1@microsoft.com...
> 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
>> >
>>
>>
>>