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Can't browse for files
Name: RTAdams89 Date: January 31, 2008 at 15:21:25 Pacific OS: Vista Premium CPU/Ram: na Product: na
Comment:
I just upgraded my laptop from XP Pro to Vista Premium. Anytime I try to perform a action that uses the windows file browser, the application I am in freezes or returns an error. For example, in Firefox, if I click File->Open File... I get an error "The filepicker was unexpectedly closed by Windows." Then Firefox stops responding. If I do the same thing in Internet Explorer, IE just closes. If I open Word, then go to File->Open... Word freezes.
I can open file fine by opening "My Computer" navigating to the file and double clicking on it. But any action that would normally pop up a window to browse for files does not work. What can I do?
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