"Faulting application Explorere.exe"

Hi,

OK, now, Explorer has begun crashing ever since I converted (or tried to ) an mp4 file to an avi file. I used a freeware converter called Pazera. Everything seemed to be working, but when the encode finished, every time I tried to right click the new avi, to rename it or move it, Explorer crashed.

So I installed DVD Flick to burn the avi as a DVD, just to get it off my HDD and see if it was an actual file. Everything seemed to go fine until the DVD was "finished" burning, and when I tried to play it from my DVD-ROM drive, Explorer crashed again, and when it came back up, my DVD drive was listed as a "CD Drive" in My Computer.

I somehow deleted the avi I had made, and backed up the original mp4 file.

My antivirus and SuperAntiSpyWare Pro didn't throw any red flags with the Pazera encoder, so I suspect the problem is a codec problem, because now I am having the same problem with Explorer.exe crashing when I try to right click another avi .

I also installed AutoGordianKnot, because I knew I'd want to use it soon, and it worked very well before my computer started bluescreening several months ago.

So, there is either a codec redundancy issue or...?

I have a Dr Watson log - should I attach it? It should have info from the last 10 crash events, which may precede the new issue with Explorer.exe crashing.

Thank you for any help - I know I am a real basket of joy here. :-o

Sandra

 

Oh!

OS: WinXP Pro Service Pack 3, and all critical updates

Sandra