Viewing File Browser Causes Apps to Crash
Monday, April 20, 2009
I am posting this in the hopes that even one person can avoid the day of research we spent figuring out this bug.
In the end, this is a WinPatrol issue with Windows Vista Home Premium.
In an application, when viewing the file browser, the open file dialog box, whatever you wish to call it, Vista reported that the app was not responding and would be shut down. This was for all applications I was running, from iTunes, to my calendar software CalendarScope, to Office programs- Word, Excel, etc. I had no problem viewing files in Windows Explorer, only in apps when looking to open a file. All apps would crash.
I noticed that uninstalling and then reinstalling things would sometimes make it work again. Installing new software would bring it back across all apps. Of course WinPatrol is involved and popping up during all installations. Finally, I accidentally opened a file in Word before WinPatrol had started when I rebooted. It opened fine, but then when WinPatrol opened, I could no longer open a file without Word crashing. All other apps were affected as well.
Disabled WinPatrol and all was right with the world. Try it!
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Just traded email with the owner of the program. He has a new version he just posted today that fixes all these problems (supposedly). I didn't realize so many things were wacky with Vista. I thought there were 4 versions, his comments make it sound like there are really many more than that.
UGGG.... It's all UAC related by the way.
New software version is working like it should. Everyone should have this software as it really does a great job at monitoring all your system settings and making sure none are changed without your permission. On top of that it's tiny and uses very little CPU power to run.
Oops. Well, it's still closing programs today, just randomly instead of during file open dialogs. :(
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