# Windows explorer keeps crashing...

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/windows-explorer-keeps-crashing/220427>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [February 11, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/windows-explorer-keeps-crashing/220427 "2012-02-11T15:20:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/windows-explorer-keeps-crashing/220427/1 "2012-02-11T15:20:52Z")

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My sweet new computer is acting up a little, when I am browsing around for files windows explorer crashes. It would crash when I got to the same folder each time. This has happened a few times before

Any ideas?

> Problem signature:  
> Problem Event Name: APPCRASH  
> Application Name: Explorer.EXE  
> Application Version: 6.1.7601.17567  
> Application Timestamp: 4d672ee4  
> Fault Module Name: thumbplug.dll  
> Fault Module Version: 28.0.2011.80  
> Fault Module Timestamp: 4d8e87dd  
> Exception Code: c0000005  
> Exception Offset: 0000000000299df6  
> OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48  
> Locale ID: 1033  
> Additional Information 1: 7140  
> Additional Information 2: 7140e5856dbdbc0617104bcab49e02f3  
> Additional Information 3: e6b1  
> Additional Information 4: e6b157bbe99f460f0329855fa78effed

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**Author:** ![Neon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@Neon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Neon)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/windows-explorer-keeps-crashing/220427/2 "2012-02-11T15:22:13Z")

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nvm

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**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/windows-explorer-keeps-crashing/220427/3 "2012-02-11T15:29:08Z")

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Buy a Mac?

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**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/windows-explorer-keeps-crashing/220427/4 "2012-02-11T17:10:18Z")

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> [@LZ](#):
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> Buy a Mac?

Lol

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**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/windows-explorer-keeps-crashing/220427/5 "2012-02-11T17:18:30Z")

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Guessing from this

Fault Module Name: thumbplug.dll

It’s something to do with a fucked up thumbnail in that folder or your using some weird viewer

You could try renaming C: \Windows\system32 humbplug.dll

OR

If it’s actually a system file you might be able to run system file checker…

OR

> **[LMGTFY](http://lmgtfy.com/?q=explorer.exe+crashes+thumbplug.dll)**
>
> LMGTFY

OR

you can just buy a Mac

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**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/windows-explorer-keeps-crashing/220427/6 "2012-02-11T17:31:29Z")

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haha, first link on the search is a pro/E forum posting. Deleting that .dll seems to solve the issue.

Thanks!

and I want to dual boot osx on this computer but I went AMD instead of Intel so I guess it’s nearly impossible.

edit: I just got an email from the hackintosh forum asking me to come back. lol, talk about ironic. Perhaps someone over there will give me a lmgtfy link.