Microsoft KB Archive/179711

= Compressing NTFS Drive Causes Access Violation in Explorer.exe =

Article ID: 179711

Article Last Modified on 6/5/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.01
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 128-Bit Edition
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5

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This article was previously published under Q179711



SYMPTOMS
When you compress or uncompress a drive that uses the NT file system (NTFS) on a computer running Internet Explorer, you may receive the following Dr. Watson error message:

Explorer.exe - Exception: access violation (0xc0000005)



STATUS
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



MORE INFORMATION
This error message occurs after the compression or uncompression of the drive using NTFS is complete. You may not receive this error message when you compress or uncompress a folder or file on a drive using NTFS. The Active Desktop component of Internet Explorer does not affect this behavior.

Additional query words: 4.00

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB179711

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