What the hell is a "C+++ Runtime Error" in WinXP?

[goobee]

This error message just appeared a few days ago. Now when I use thumbnails to view jpgs in Windows Explorer, it crashes with this message. Anyone knows what this is and how to fix it?

Thanks.

[cyberskye]

Did you just add .NET support via windows update?

[goobee]

No, the last program I installed was Adobe Acrobat 5.05.

[cyberskye]

Some app is making illegal function calls - your runtime library can't service the request. Might be referencing a file that isn't there (some apps hard-code file locations so installing to a directory other than "c" can cause problems).

There can be a lot of reasons. Many apps use that library.

Did you check your event viewer to see which process generated the fault?

[goobee]

It seems to be fixed now. I still don't know what cause it, I installed Norton Utilities and it fixed a whole bunch of cryptic things. As long as it doesn't anymore, I'm happy. :)

[cyberskye]

I bet it cleaned up a shortcut or two that was invalid. That could have taken care of the most common cause of a run time err (at least when you're working with commercial code)