Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Kills Windows Explorer

Dave Barton wrote:
> I suddenly started getting reports from some of my LO 3.6 users that
> Windows Explorer randomly crashed when they went to open an ODF file and
> my own tests confirmed this to be true for all Windows versions from XP
> through 7 both 32 & 64 bit.
>
> I think I am experiencing something related to this bug:
> https://www.libreoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53534 but before I
> start escalating this report, or opening a new one, I would like to get
> feedback on other users experience of this issue.
>
> If you have LO 3.6.0 or 3.6.1 installed, open Windows Explorer and
> browse for any ODF file, hover the cursor over the file and wait for the
> tool/file tip to appear, this is when Windows Explorer might crash. I
> say "might", because it does not occur on all ODF file types, Base
> ".odb" files seem to generate the crash more frequently than others. If
> you can capture the crash report, it will clearly show that the culprit
> is either:
> C:\Program Files\LibreOffice 3.6\program\shlxthdl\shlxthdl.dll
> or
> C:\Program Files (x86)\LibreOffice 3.6\program\shlxthdl\shlxthdl_x64.dll
>
> Apologies for cross posting, but I think this is a critical issue,
> because we do not want LO to get the reputation of an application that
> kills core OS services.
>
> Dave

     Sounds like time to file a Bug Report!

--Dan

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