Fix Vista ‘COM Surrogate Has Stopped Working’ Error by Divx Codec And Nero

How to fix com surrogate problem for Windows Vista caused by Divx Codec and Nero? There are a number of reason for the ‘COM Surrogate Has Stopped Working’ error in Windows Vista, one of the main causes are Nero and Divx compatibility with Windows Vista. Possible solution is:

• Upgrade to the latest Nero or Divx
• Uninstall Nero and Divx
• Update to the latest Video Codec, try Vista Codec Package
• Disable thumbnails preview in Windows (My Computers –> Tools –> Folder Options –> Check ‘Always show icons, never thumbnails’ checkbox)
• Update the ffdshow codec, Vista comes with the older codec

Final Solution – Disable Data Execution Prevention on dllhost

Right click My Computers –> Properties –> Advanced –> Settings

Select the ‘Data Execution Prevention’ tab, check the radio button as shown in the screenshot above, click on ‘add’

Find ‘dllhost.exe’ file. Go to C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe, then hit ‘ok’

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