Windows 10: Clicking a folder or control panel causes File Explorer to open the Home page

There is a related issue that describes this problem, and no solution was ever found:https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/my-file-explorer-keeps-openning-the-homepage-every/9d0fb08f-11f3-4e1e-a4f4-a849b2ddb796I do not want to resort to reseting my PC or reinstalling the OS from scratch. This feels like a very simple problem that should be easy to fix, but nothing I've tried works.I've done the following:Reset File Explorer view and options settings to defaultAttempted to go back to a previous restore point no effect, and none of my restore points go back far enoughsfc /scann

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Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

windows 10 control panel

Step 2 does not work at all. Anything from File Explorer and above does not launch at all.

 

Firefox, opera, IE all freeze/lockup when downloading a file to any hard drive

"cant open folders with big files" interesting!,possible Paging File problem.
Method from microsoft --Increase the Size of the Paging File-- sometimes we forget how to do that
To change the size of the paging file, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Do one of the following: • If Control Panel on your computer is in Classic view, double-click System.
• If Control Panel on your computer is in Category view, click Performance and Maintenance, and then click System.

3. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab.
4. In the Performance pane, click Settings.
5. In the Performance Options dialog box, click the Advanced tab.
6. In the Virtual memory pane, click Change.
7. Click Custom size, and then in the Initial size (MB) box and the Maximum size (MB) box, type a number that is larger than the number that is currently listed.