Windows 10: Can't delete/move .ogg file after changing its file extension from .mp3

Yeah, whenever I try and rename it, explorer crashes and it cannot be moved, which means I can't move it to the recycle bin to delete it. Please help.

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Certain file types (.ogg, .ogx) take a full minute to rename or delete

Hello!

I've been struggling with this problem at least since September, now. I do a lot of audio work and I'm required to work with Ogg files quite a lot, but I've had to postpone any work related to them because of this. I'm not sure exactly when it happened (I can only say somewhere between July 22nd and September 23rd, the last time I successfully used an Ogg file and the day that I noticed this problem, respectively) and haven't been able to pinpoint any system changes in that time that might have caused it.

Certain file operations freeze up Windows Explorer when I use them on files with the .ogg and .ogx extensions, and only those files, as far as I can tell. Attempting to rename one causes Explorer to stop responding for a full minute before finally changing the name, and trying to delete one causes absolutely nothing to happen (Explorer doesn't even freeze) for a minute until the file is finally moved to the Recycle Bin. Restoring them from the Recycle Bin is the same as that. Making a copy (copy/paste) of the file actually works normally, even within the same folder, but then trying to rename or delete that file still takes a minute. Any other file extension works as it's supposed to and I can rename or delete them instantly, and I can even save an Ogg file with another extension (e.g. test.abc instead of test.ogg) and Windows will treat it normally, but, if I then rename it to have a .ogg extension, it'll start taking a minute to delete/rename it. Even more confusingly, if I take a file that isn't an Ogg file and give it the .ogg extension, Windows will treat it completely normally and be able to delete/rename it instantly.

The same thing happens with folders - trying to rename or delete a folder containing an Ogg-encoded file also takes a minute. This extends to files and folders made before I started having this problem.

I've tried deleting and renaming them through the command prompt and that gives the same result - cmd just doesn't do anything for a full minute before the file is finally altered, although it doesn't freeze. I have confirmed that the problem is not present in Safe Mode, but it is present during a clean boot as described in this thread: Perform a Clean Boot in Windows 10 to Troubleshoot Software Conflicts

I'm honestly stumped on where to go from here. I've never seen a problem like this in all of my time using Windows since 95 and haven't been able to find any support threads anywhere with this particular problem - the closest that I've found is people having similar problems with all files, not just a specific file extension. I'd really appreciate any suggestions on what to do.

Windows 10 version: 1903 (OS Build 18362.476)

 

Unable to move .ogg files

After updating Windows 10, whenever I try to do anything to any file with a .ogg, .oga, or .ogx extension (and possibly more things related to .ogg I haven't tried yet), Windows Explorer just stalls forever. I can't open them to be played in VLC, move them
anywhere, or even delete them. Renaming them takes about a minute. All other files work fine, and these same files work fine if I just rename them to .mp3, so the files aren't the issue. I really don't know what the issue is, besides something to do with Windows.

I am running Windows 10 Home Insider Preview on build 1809.1000, although I don't really see how that would cause the issue. Could something with windows explorer be corrupted to mess with those 3 types of files?

 

Windows 10 File Explorer's Recent Files fails to show MP3 and other extensions

This is just a guess, but I don't think that just .mp3 files are being handled incorrectly by whatever routine handles populating the Recent Items list or you'd see it happening to other file types.

I'm guessing that some software is creating & deleting a temporary file with no extension & that file is being picked up by Recent Items but gone when you try to access it.

So my questions are:

• What program is opening/accessing the files when this happens?
• What program is the default (Double-click) handler for mp3?
• Do the same extensionless files appear when you open the file wilt a different player?

I assume if you do some editing that you've changed the context menu for mp3. try creating a new user account & seeing if the same thing happens with the default settings for mp3.

Keith