Windows 10: File Explorer freezes when I try to create a new subfolder

Windows 10 File Explorer has started freezing when I try to create a new subfolder, particularly if I do so while trying to save a file from online. It completely freezes to the point that I have to go to Task Manager and stop Chrome (for some reason File Explorer isn't showing up in Task Manager?) and then restart it because I can't close File Explorer and can't close Chrome because File Explorer is preventing it. I'm not sure whether this is a Windows 10 issue or a Chrome issue because they've both had recent updates. I'm not overly computer literate, so I apologize if this is something simple that I should know how to fix.

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File Explorer freezes when I try to create a new subfolder

Windows 10 File Explorer has started freezing when I try to create a new subfolder, particularly if I do so while trying to save a file from online. It completely freezes to the point that I have to go to Task Manager and stop Chrome (for some reason File
Explorer isn't showing up in Task Manager?) and then restart it because I can't close File Explorer and can't close Chrome because File Explorer is preventing it. I'm not sure whether this is a Windows 10 issue or a Chrome issue because they've both had recent
updates. I'm not overly computer literate, so I apologize if this is something simple that I should know how to fix.

 

File Explorer freezes when hovering the cursor over the "create" section.

Hi Alex,

To better assist you, we'd like to know the following:

• Did you make any changes prior to this issue?
• Are you getting any error messages after File Explorer freezes?
• What troubleshooting have you done so far?

In the meantime, we suggest you restart Windows Explorer by following the steps below:

• Type Task Manager in search bar.
• Click Task Manager.
• On the pop-up window, under Windows processes, scroll-down to
  Windows Explorer.
• Right-click Windows Explorer, and click Restart.

We look forward to your response.

Thank you.

 

Archive Manager, can't extract without creating subfolder

I am trying to extract an archive which contains an archive split into multiple files and for that I need Archive Manager to extract the first archive not in any subfolders.

I read on the internet that if there is more than one file in the archive Archive Manager will automatically create a subfolder when extracting, now I think that there should certainly be an option for that too but there should not be only this default option available because now I can't extract a few archives without automatically creating subfolders.

I do not want subfolders because then the second archive won't be able to extract contents because the second archive is split into more files (which depend on each other) and now all these files are in its own subfolder instead of the same folder.

I used to this with ease with 7-Zip and Winrar on Windows but in Archive Manager there is no such a choice where you choose yourself whether you want it extracted to subfolder or not in a subfolder.