Capture causes crash

DrLate · Post by **DrLate** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 5:15 pm

I'm using VS7 with Windows XP. Latest patches installed. VS7 won't enter capture mode. It crashes when the Capture tab is clicked. I've looked at the Showshifter solution, as I do have an ATI video card, but the file to be renamed is not in the folder indicated in the fix. As a matter of fact, it doesn't exist anywhere on my PC. One with a very similar name "vbisurf.ax" (rather than "avbisurf.ax") is to be found in \windows\system32\ however. When I rename this one as if it was the fix, VS7 still crashes. This file actually recreates itself while I'm off restarting - and crashing - VS7!

Any suggestions?

thanks,
-Dave.

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 7:46 pm

It sounds like the Windows File Protection is kicking in an putting the file back because it's in a system directory. You can turn that off in the Control Panel prior to deleting the file, but rather than doing that, I would unregister the filter by running regsvr32 /u filename.ax from a command prompt.

This is the preferred way to remove a filter, since you keep the file in case you need it, and because it removes the associated registry entries and COM interfaces.

ckizuka · Post by **ckizuka** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 4:27 am

Do not remove vbisurf.ax. It kills the video in the ATI Multimedia Center. VS7 won't crash, but you won't be able to capture aqny video since there isn't any.

Anybody find a viable solution for this problem?

Thanks,
Cliff

DrLate · Post by **DrLate** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 1:56 pm

I have't had a chance to try the registry fix. Now I may not, unless someone can reassure me that System Restore will get me back properly...

Hoping someone has an alternate solution...

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 7:16 pm

Unregistering the component is not destructive, it can always be undone by re-registering it using regsvr32 filename.ax -- note that there is no /u switch.