Microsoft KB Archive/224186

= Access Violation Selecting More Than 32,767 Objects in Windows NT Explorer =

Article ID: 224186

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3
 * Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4

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This article was previously published under Q224186



SYMPTOMS
If you select or attempt to manipulate more than 32,767 objects in Windows NT Explorer, you may receive an access violation error message in Explorer.exe.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs because Windows NT Explorer was not designed to manipulate over 32,767 objects.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: shell Explorer.exe restarts AV Drwatson

Keywords: kbprb kbui KB224186

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