Vista - Windows Live Gallery & Aero problem

I had a very strange problem with Windows Live Photo Gallery which had been bugging me for a while and I can’t pin point exactly when it started. I searched the net looking for a reason or solution but could not find one so decided to see if I could fix it myself. I finally managed to find a solution and thought I might share it here in case anyone has the same problem or has a better solution.



For some reason when ever I used WLPG on Vista Aero kept disabling and enabling itself randomly, making the screen flicker and go black. It was getting very annoying and I thought it may have been a graphics driver issue. I tried different driver versions but nothing seemed to work. Eventually I noticed that every time I started WLPG another process started running called WLXQUICKTIMEHOST.exe. Every time it started aero would disable, so I tried ending the WLX process through task manager and surprise surprise aero came back on! Now I don’t have quick time or any apple products installed on my machine so I was wondering where this was coming from. I finally realised that there are 3 files in the WLPG programme folder relating to quicktime. My guess is they are there for viewing certain video formats in the gallery?

I took a long shot and deleted the 3 files and restarted WLPG…success! I double checked in task manager and no WLXQUICKTIMEHOST.exe was running and aero no longer randomly disables. I don’t know if this is a permanent fix as I only done it last night…but I will see how it goes.

burtie,

This is a GREAT fix. The files are there to enable the cataloging and "plays well with others" type features in WLPG.

I'd suggest that you post this in the Facebook group discussion board as well in the Tips and Tricks section. The link is in my signature.

Cheers

Done. Thanks Ron S always help to spread the word

Awesome! Thanks for sharing that with everyone.

Cheers,