Invalid Page Fault in module THUMBVW.DLL or KERNEL32.DLL

Contributed by davak December 31, 2004  
Tagged: Windows

A corrupt thumbs.db can lead to page faults. Here is how to fix it.

When the thumbs database becomes corrupted, page faults will occur. This is frequently noticed when browsing a folder in thumbnail view.

The fix is just to blast the thumbs.db file in the directories and subdirectories that give you the error.

The official windows help file uggests that you just unhide hidden files, delete the thumb.db file, and you’ll be set. The problem with this is that everytime you browse that folder, you’ll get the fault. So you may have to use a command prompt to get to the file.

1. Open windows explorer
2. Click View menu
3. Click View tab
4. Click Show All Files
5. Click OK
6. Navigate to the folder in question.
7. Delete thumbs.db
8. Delete thumbs.db in subdirectories

If it does crash, then open a command prompt and delete the file that way. Likewise, you can change all the folder views temporarily.

1. Click View menu
2. Click Details
3. Click Tools menu
4. Click Folder Options
5. Click View tab
6. Click Apply to All Folders
7. Navigate to the folder in question
8. Delete thumbs.db
9. Delete thumbs.db in subdirectories