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WinXP and media file problems with explorer.exe

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Voodoo Rufus

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Sep 20, 2001
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Bakersfield, CA
Occassionally when I play media files in .divx, .avi, or .mpg format, explorer.exe will go nuts, take my CPU ultilization to 100%, and start filling up ram, into the hundreds of megabytes over a few mintues time. The only way to solve this is either to reboot or to end explorer in the Task Manager and restart it. I would rather not have to do this. Anyone else have this problem and know a solution?
 
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