Windows 7 Previously Locked folder now crashing explorer

[izaktaylor]

I had a folder that was set as private to prevent network sharing access. It's located on an internal hard drive other then my main C: partition. I re-formatted my C: and did a clean install of Windows 7 64bit. After words I tried access the same folder, and it said I didn't have permission but windows still gave me full access after it appeared to have indexed the folder. That was about a week ago. Now when I try to open a specific subfolder within, Windows explorer crashes. i really need the data out of it though. I dont see a way to alter the permissions now to revert them back. Any advice on how to proceed?

Thanks.

PS i have the problem signature below:

Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BEX64
Application Name: explorer.exe
Application Version: 6.1.7600.16768
Application Timestamp: 4d688122
Fault Module Name: StackHash_8b64
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Offset: 000063f379a00000
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Data: 0000000000000008
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 8b64
Additional Information 2: 8b646eca89f2559d619a181c3f7c4c7f
Additional Information 3: 0202
Additional Information 4: 020282d324b0cb388f48f6d37bf93e0b

 

[Trouble]

Try this and see if it helps.
Open Explorer and select "Tools" from the menu bar (if menu bar is not present, tap the Alt key on your keyboard to bring it up).
From the Tools menu select Folder Options and then the View tab.
Check the first box "Always show icons, never thumbnails" under the "Files and Folders" section and Click OK.
Now browse to your problem folder and see if opening it still crashes explorer.
Keep us posted.
Regards
Randy