I recently upgraded my entire computer, and have noticed that I am getting an aweful lot of APPCRASH messages. Few specs before I get going:

PC Hardware:

Foxxconn A7GM-S motherboard
AMD Phenom 8450
OCZ Reaper 4gb (2x2) RAM
EVGA GForce GTX 260

I am running Vista Ultimate x64 w/ SP1.

As far as I know I have all the current updates for hardware and software. I use a lot of design software for work, including AutoCad 2007 (known Vista issues), and Solidworks 2009 x64. Now, here are the programs that have died on me with this error:

AutoCad (already knew it would have issues)
DWG Editor (Solidworks version of autocad)
Firefox
Zoom Player
Photoshop CS3

Also, this is most likely a solidworks issue, but the "solidworks shell server" crashes at fairly random times, ie. whenever solidworks is not open.

I knew I didn't like Vista, but I had to make the jump to utilize the hardware power, PLEASE HELP ME.

The entire error message please

I can post the error from DWGEditor as it happens the most reliably.

Get this immediately upon launching the program:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: DWGEDI~1.EXE
Application Version: 17.0.0.6014
Application Timestamp: 48c63c17
Fault Module Name: DWGEDI~1.EXE
Fault Module Version: 17.0.0.6014
Fault Module Timestamp: 48c63c17
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0007cb7e
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: fd00
Additional Information 2: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
Additional Information 3: fd00
Additional Information 4: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160

And then I get this when I click "close the program":

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: DWGEDI~1.EXE
Application Version: 17.0.0.6014
Application Timestamp: 48c63c17
Fault Module Name: DCL.dll
Fault Module Version: 17.0.0.6014
Fault Module Timestamp: 48c639ee
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0002c1f5
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: a1ba
Additional Information 2: 1d5c01246b452e196e4c26e6ade61dd2
Additional Information 3: 7f17
Additional Information 4: 40d549b0b2a8e9bbbfca2759313284c0


I will post others as I get them.....

The DWGEditor program associated with SolidWorks is crashing when it accesses memory.
Also, I'd wonder about the advisability of installing both AutoCAD and the SolidWorks programs on the same system.

I'd uninstall and then reinstall SolidWorks to deal with this error - but if it continues then you may be forced to choose between AutoCAD and SolidWorks.

I have run both with no issues for years at work, granted it is running on XP, but they aren't known to have any conflicts with each other. Not sure if this was the issue, but, I removed DWG Editor and now I have not received a shell extension error since. I will have to see if anything new happens but I haven't had any errors today. I know there are elements of solidworks running in the background most of the time, so if this cured my problem, then great. If not, I'll be back.