Disable AVI Duration and Dimensions from displaying.

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Mathew Rizzal - 23 Jan 2008 07:22 GMT

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.

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Shenan Stanley - 25 Jan 2008 00:20 GMT

> To disable XP from displaying the Dimensions, Duration etc of AVI
> files, I found this little trick on the inter-web: Regsvr32 / u
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> Any insight would be appreciated.

http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/1209/

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Mathew Rizzal - 26 Jan 2008 06:34 GMT

I went ahead and used this technique and have had no problems so far.

Seems ok.

Cheers...

>> To disable XP from displaying the Dimensions, Duration etc of AVI
>> files, I found this little trick on the inter-web: Regsvr32 / u
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> http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/1209/

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