Windows 10: File Explorer seriously broken and takes forever to load common folders

My File Explorer seriously just broke apart. It's the apocalypse in the file explorer! The file previews are broken notsuch with imageres.dll, the common folders take forever to load, there's only Quick Acess in the left collum, and I'm going to get a explorer.exe blank error! The task I did before this happened was using VirtuaBox Windows 7 with MEMZ Clean on the VM.




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Downloads Folder takes forever to open - tried everything!

Hallo,My downloads folder takes forever to open, sometimes minutes before it has loaded every item.It is a common problem, and I've googled for answers but none of them seem to help. I've tried to right click on properties, and under customize set to general items, didn't work. I clicked on File Explorer and changed "show or hide" File extensions, but didn't work.Any suggestions?! Thanks!!

 

Windows 10 - file explorer not working, progress bar is loading forever (working on it)

The file explorer was just working fine until stopped working (not really).

The loading bar took forever to load and the explorer just said "Working on it...".

It loaded forever in all folders, but the "working on it" part only appeared on the Quick Access and This PC tabs.

For some reason all the other folders (downloads, music, videos, documents, etc.) are working fine (the files' thumbnails take a while to load).

PC specs:

Aspire E5-521

processor: amd quad-core processor a6-6310

graphics: amd radeon r4 graphics

ram: 4 gb ddr3 l memory

hard drive size: 1000 gb hdd

 

Files remain in original folder after moving them to new folder in file explorer

Hi,

The issue that you’ve encountered regarding the File Explorer may be caused by some configuration or files mismatched. To sort out your concern, we suggest that you reset the folder settings from the
Folder Options. This will reboot the folder’s preferences to its default state and remove any possible software conflict. To do this, you may follow these steps:

• Click Start, type File Explorer, and press
  Enter.
• On the File Explorer window, click the View tab > Options > Change folder and search options > View.
• Under the Folder views section, click Reset Folders, and then select
  Yes to confirm.
• Once you’re done, click OK, and then check if the issue persists.

Note: This process will remove the list of files that you recently opened.


Let us know if the suggestion works for you.