Why does File:/// crash my app?
It's a bug in 10.8.1 and 10.8.2 only.

The workaround for this pesky bug is to disable two items in Language &amp; Text Preference Pane in System Preferences on affected versions of Mountain Lion:


Select (click) on Text in the middle towards the top of the window
deselect (uncheck) "Correct spelling automatically"
deselect (uncheck) "Use symbol and text substitution"


Credit for this workaround goes to user shess on the open radar web site.