Browser crashes: flash10c.ocx camera enumeration bug.

[Handy13]

Hi Stardate,

You can narrow it down fairly easily by installing Microsoft's GraphEdit program. http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-an...?msg_id=001Jfk apparently tells where to get a copy of GraphEdit. (Or send me a message and I will try to hunt it down more accurately... There is also a commercial product called Graphedit Plus that I bought a copy of that is even better but I may have a lot more use for it than the average person? GraphEdt.exe will be sufficient for your needs in the context of this thread.)

Then run GraphEdit.

Choose menu item Graph/Insert Filters...

Click the plus sign in front of "Video Capture Sources"

IF the problem you are having is similar to the one I described, one of the filters in that list will be the culprit.

For each filter in the list, click on the plus sign in front of its name then write down the location of the file displayed at "Filename". For example, one of mine is called "ksproxy.ax". If you don't see a full path, I am guessing it is in system32? Otherwise, it is where the full path says it is.

Now that you have located all the files and have a full path name for each, start a cmd session (DOS command window) and run it. With administrative privileges if you are on Vista!

Then you need to unregister the filter you want to test. To do this, run regsvr32 /u [filepath]. For example, on my system I would do

regsvr32 /u c:\windows\system32\ksproxy.ax

Then run your browser and see if it still crashes.

If it still crashes, that was not the one. Reregister it so that whatever application it belongs to will still work on your machine! I.e.:

regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\ksproxy.ax

Then try another one from the list to see if it is the source of the problem, then another, then another, etc.

If you find one that is the source of the problem, figure out whose software it belongs to and write to them describing what is happening. They will probably be as shocked as I was to find that the flash player is heavily investigating the functionality of their filter and they will probably be eager to fix the problem.

If you find one, you might want to list it here so others become aware of it.

Also, I am curious regarding whether you find anything.

IF it is not one of those filters, then I have no clue. (But I am guessing you will find one that is the problem...) :-)

Thanks,

Howard