XYplorer prevents 3D rendering

[zjqj]

I'm using Maya 2014 to batch render several images (.iff and .PSD).

When I have the destination folder open in XYplorer, the batch render hangs at the initial rendering command, and XYplorer freezes. Usually, Maya writes an empty .iff file and incrementally adds the render data as it is generated - I'm guessing that might be causing the problem, of it thinks it's an audio file (an AIFF file) and is having parsing problems?

I have to kill the XYplorer process, at which point the Maya render engine kicks back in and continues rendering as it should.

Any ideas how to fix this?

v 13.70.0100

[zjqj]

I've just noticed that dllhost.exe is taking 42% of the cpu, and these COM classes are showing:



I run a service called mystic thumbs for showing icons in explorer (and XYplorer) - could that be related?

[zjqj]

It was Mystic Thumbs. Problem rectified by going into the Mystic Thumbs control panel and disabling .iff filetype thumbnail.

[admin]

Thanks.