Windows 10: File Explorer crashes when I right click on anything in the left-hand collumn

Discus and support File Explorer crashes when I right click on anything in the left-hand collumn in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging to solve the problem; Let me first say I have been searching and found this question asked a lot, but am having trouble finding people with a similar operating system... Discussion in 'Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging' started by His Baldness, Aug 25, 2018.

  1. File Explorer crashes when I right click on anything in the left-hand collumn


    Let me first say I have been searching and found this question asked a lot, but am having trouble finding people with a similar operating system situation (some people were on windows 8, others had just upgraded from 7 to 10, etc). The questions have also been asked a few years ago. I don't know if any of that makes a difference for the fix, but I want to be sure.


    I just built my first desktop this week and installed Windows 10 Home 64 bit on it. Whenever I right-click on anything in the list on the left of the file explorer window, the file explorer window locks up. Then, when I left-click on anything, (Not Responding) appears, the file explorer crashes, and my taskbar disappears and reappears (I think this is windows explorer restarting). Attached is an image of where I am right-clicking.

    Thanks


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    His Baldness, Aug 25, 2018
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  2. After installing Office 2016, right clicking on the left hand pane of file explorer causes file explorer to crash.

    Running Windows Pro 10 on Dell Vostro 1500.

    Hi!

    After installing Office 2016, right clicking on the left hand pane of file explorer causes file explorer to crash (every time). I then uninstalled Office 2016, ran Libre Office for a few weeks without this problem occuring, uninstalled Libre Office and reinstalled
    Office 2016 and the problem is occuring again.

    Oddly enough, right clicking on files or folders on the right hand pane does not cause the crash. Any ideas? Frustrating because for example, I can't eject USB drives from windows explorer, and I also wonder what other problems might be lurking under the
    surface, caused by the same issue!

    Thanks in advance!

    Moved from: Windows / Windows 10 / Performance & system failures / PC
     
    inevitablylaughing, Aug 25, 2018
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  3. H0logram Win User
    win10 file explorer crashes with right click

    Thank you for this suggestion, I have tried both of these and still have the issue where if I right click on a directory on the left side of file explorer it crashes and closed the screen. Any other suggestions??

    Thank you
     
    H0logram, Aug 25, 2018
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  4. File Explorer crashes when I right click on anything in the left-hand collumn

    Left handed mouse when docked and right handed touchpad when undocked

    Hi,

    I realize that you want the left handed mouse when docked and right handed touchpad when undocked. I will try to help you with this issue.


    • What is the make and model of the computer?
    You can configure the mouse settings for left hand and set the touchpad for normal use.

    Follow these steps to configure the mouse settings:


    • Press Windows key + I to get the Settings screen.

    • Click on Devices and then click on Mouse and Touchpad.

    Keep us informed to help you further.

    Thank you.
     
    Srimadhwa B, Aug 25, 2018
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