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Found the problem
Okay, through a clever use of the Extra Large Icons setting, I've managed to
figure out that the cause of my problem is the OESpamFilter.dat file. If
that file is onscreen as a thumbnail or attempts to register in a folder
thumbnail, it crashes Windows Explorer. The problem is not general to .dat
files -- I can have any other .dat file onscreen and nothing happens. It's
only OESpamFilter.dat.
Windows won't let me delete or even hide this file (access is denied). If I
copy that file to some other location, it still crashes WE the same way
(though at least I can delete those copies).
What can I do about this? I've tried to change the default program for .dat
files (it had been Notepad), but to no avail.
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