This applies to Windows 7, 64-bit, all Service Packs have been installed.
Since ~3 months, Windows Exlorer always crashes when I'm connecting to a network drive, or when I'm opening an USB drive. After the crash, it takes ~30 seconds to recover, and then it is stable.
I did some research, and many people say the problem might be connected to shell extension DLLs which automatically are scanning the files on the drive.
But how to detect the faulty DLL and how to disable it?
I found something like regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll
, but this works only on XP, not on Windows 7.
Best Answer
Ok, the Google Drive Tool is the cause:
It has issues to display the overlay icons.
Solution: In the Google Drive options, disable the sync overlay icons. This should fix the issue.
If the issue is resolved, run regedit.exe again, go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\LocalDumps
and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options.
Now delete the Explroer.exe key in both keys and reboot. This disables the dump creation and application verifier.