Windows 10: File Explorer Malfunctioning and Deleting New Files

I have been having an issue with File Explorer malfunctioning and occasionally deleting files. Here's what happens: When I click on the File Explorer icon in my task bar, the status bar looks like it's progressing at a snail's pace and never really completes. I usually have to reboot the computer. On at least two occasions recently, a couple of files have simply disappeared. They are not in my recycle bin, and they don't show up in a file search. They are always files that have been updated earlier that same day. My Windows 10 OS is up to date, and the computer gets scanned regularly for malware and viruses.


Any suggestions as to what may be going on? Thanks.

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Windows Explorer crashing due to large files

It's an .exe right? Explorer probably read its icon (to a cache) when it was a "small" file and now call the quits when it finds "such a big" file.

If you want to delete it, use the console after killing explorer, you can run the console from TaskManager (Application -> New Task -> cmd). You might want to try copy the file to a different location (copy, not cut) and see if explorer can handle it in the new location before deleting it.

 

Cant Delete Files From Desktop

Well, ran into a weird bug with vista, for some reason i cant delete files from desktop, this normaly happens to .exe files, the ONLY fix seems to be to KILL explorer.exe, and delete the file, then restat explorer, anybody got any idea why this happens?

 

File Explorer malfunctioning

Thank you for the pertinent guidance to create a screen shot. Today after I did a cold start boot-up, I was able to open a functioning File Explorer, so hopefully the problem has corrected itself. It seems, however, that I earlier was able to use File
Explorer after the recent Windows 10 update, only for it to malfunction yesterday, so if the problem recurs, I'll be sure to do a screen shot. Thank you for your willingness to help and your suggestion.

Sincerely,

Scott