Disable AVI Duration and Dimensions from displaying.

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Mathew Rizzal

To disable XP from displaying the Dimensions, Duration etc of AVI files, I
found this little trick on the inter-web: Regsvr32 / u shmedia.dll.

Before I go off and do something stupid, does anyone know if this is a safe
practice?

The reason I ask is that in several folders I have quite a few AVI files and
Explorer is painfully slow at displaying the folder contents.

I realize that I can do this on a folder by folder basis (View -> Chose
Details etc), the problem here is that one must wait until Explorer has
finished - kinda defeats the purpose me thinks.

Any insight would be appreciated.

Cheers.
 
Mathew said:
To disable XP from displaying the Dimensions, Duration etc of AVI
files, I found this little trick on the inter-web: Regsvr32 / u
shmedia.dll.
Before I go off and do something stupid, does anyone know if this
is a safe practice?

The reason I ask is that in several folders I have quite a few AVI
files and Explorer is painfully slow at displaying the folder
contents.
I realize that I can do this on a folder by folder basis (View ->
Chose Details etc), the problem here is that one must wait until
Explorer has finished - kinda defeats the purpose me thinks.

Any insight would be appreciated.
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http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/1209/
 
I went ahead and used this technique and have had no problems so far.

Seems ok.

Cheers...
 
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