Explorer Crashing and Animated GIFS NOT Animated

I noticed that my animated gif files have STOPPED.........being animated
coupled with CRASHES in Explorer for no apparent reason.......

In an effort to "isolate" the problem, I turned OFF all TLBs.......that did not fix the anmation problem.........

Here's my question......is turning off the TLBs enough???? OR do I need to Un-install all TLBs??? If I uninstall the TLBs will I lose all my settings?

Do I just un-install via the Control Panel? :x