How to fix corrupt codec database?

[rs008f]

I think I have a bad codec in my pc but I don't what. GSPOT will not report what codecs are installed in my system, it gives a codec load failure while searching for installed codecs. AVIcodec just froze up. Media Player Classic and Radlight Filter Manager will not show up. All the software uses high CPU while searching for installed codecs, so I'm sure that it's just that one bad codec that can't be read. Any ideas on how to fix this problem or find the bad codec?

The only software that works is Zoom Player/ I can access the Filter Manager but it's does not show all the codecs like Radlight Filter Manager.

[ammck55]

I don't know if this is what you're looking for, but a lot of people have been bailed out of codec problems by the fixes laid out in the Disappearing Codecs in XP (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=24305&highlight=codec+list+empty) thread.

ammck55

[rs008f]

I uninstalled Divx 5.2 Pro and it solved my problem, thank you.