Dave
Try right-clicking on the icon, select properties, and put a check-mark in the option to run the app in legacy "Windows XP" mode. This may help. Mark, WD4ELG --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Bernstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>>AA6YQ comment below > > --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, mrfarm@ wrote: > > Are you saying that this problem does not occur if you are not > simultaneously running the "file manager?" > > >>>Exactly. There is a defect in Windows Explorer. > > > When you completely lose control of even being able to shut down a > computer, I consider that crashing the OS, even if it is "only" > causing total loss of control of the video. > > >>>Vista's kernel remains intact, and any running applications > continue to run correctly. If you terminate Windows Explorer and > refresh each window (e.g. by clicking the DXLab Launcher's Minimize > button followed by its Restore button), all will be well -- but its > easier to simply terminate the explorer.exe process beforehand. > > > Even so, I wonder if any other programs can do this to Vista? I > consider it to be a serious shortcoming. > > >>>>Vista was prematurely released to avoid adding yet another big > slip to the Longhorn disaster. My strong advice is to avoid it until > it works; around SP2 or SP3, I would guess. > > 73, > > Dave, AA6YQ >