Windows 10: File Explorer has become a real mess

They live on a network drive now. Actually, they just seem to be "echoes" or "ghosts" of the "real" one. And if I close File Explorer, usually they go away, sometimes they come back with the number of copies being variable. Very strange behavior. And all three of my computers have the same kind of now-you-see-them, now-you-don't behavior. I am surprised no one else is reporting it, but from all the trouble W10 has given me I am starting to believe my download came with a resident poltergeist.*Eek

 

I actually agree! File explorer is a convoluted mess now... the main search tree is so incredibly busy it hurts my 7 remaining brain cells. I'm trying to figure out how to minimize the view so I can actually find stuff. The redundancy is insane, and the Onedrive stuff makes me nuts, as it works somewhat backwards compared to how it used to work...

 

Since Microsoft is getting rid of Onedrive for most people might be a good time to remove it. Don't have a link but am sure I saw a 'how-to' here not too long ago. Always good to get rid of a headache, even a small one.

 

Hi,

Haven't tested it yet but from command line admin run the following :

Or copy/paste all the text in quotes and save to a text file, rename the .txt to .bat and run the script as admin.


I'll test it in a minute or two and report back if it doesn't work.

Source:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/i...7fe6994?auth=1

Thks to Melerix.

It does work fine but I'd add "exit" (without " ") at the bottom of the script just under pause so the box closes itself.

Cheers, *Wink

 

Still no joy on this, several W10 updates later. I still have multiple copies of My Documents showing up, and for long periods of time (minutes, not seconds) they will not expand beyond the top level.

How can something that ran for 25 or 30 years get so screwed up? And why hasn't anyone done anything to fix it? Oh, right, too busy adding new features. That's where all the glory is.*Party

At least I don't have to learn Japanese or whatever language someone was using to add directories to my computer.*sarc

Something is directories to me. - Windows 10 Forums

(Yeah, I know, infinite loop if you are not careful.)

Five this time. (I know I can remove My Documents from the list entirely and use the direct link to my network. But I shouldn't have to.)

 

this is how mine looks running win10 pro insider ..after putting 2 thumbdrive in ,and I have 2 hdd ,OS drive and storage drive. the bottom picture is after I click on ThisPc in the left column,,, and I said fixed on one of the images ,but that was meant ,Tung and cheek ,*really

 

That's because file explorer on Windows 10 is a big FAIL!

 

that depends ,I guess on what for or how you use ,care to share you thought on why its a big fail for you.?
works fine for me for storing and moving files around ,from usb drives or spin disks ect.ect