Losing window content

[Kilgore]

I'm progressively having a problem that no one knows how to solve. From time to time, if I drag a video file directly to a media player (such as real player or Windows media player) or if I have trouble opening a video file, I end up losing all the contents in my windows. For example, if I go to My Computer or My Program Files, the box will be empty, except for a faint little box in the upper left-hand corner. This also tends to affect the desktop--eg., the Trash icon will have disappeared. To restore back to normal, I have to restart my computer. I've run virus and spyware scans in Safe mode and have come up clean. Does anyone know what this is all about?

 

[Liquidlen]

Some movies are quite large,Do you have enough room on your drive to move the file and do you have enough memory including Page file settings?
Also check for 2 or more programs that are associated with your media files. there may be a conflict between these programs trying to handle the same file at the same time.

 

[Kilgore]

Thanks for your response. My video files rarely get bigger than 700MB. I remember tinkering with the Page file settings several months ago when I encountered another problem. I can't remember how to alter those settings. What is a normal setting? I'm running W2K, SP4.

 

[RealBlackStuff]

A widely used norm is a pagefile 1.5 x the size of your memory.
Change settings in Control Panel/System/Advanced tab/Performance Options/Change