Windows 10: File Explorer takes forever to load - "working on it"

I have researched this forum and Google and I've done all that has been suggested to try to fix this very annoying issue but nothing worked - Nov 2023It continues to take a very long time to load - "working on it"Windows bug that never got fixedWindows is also up.to.date.

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File Explore loads forever

We are currently suffering from an issue that 3 windows 11 users fail to open any directory or files with file explore.
When user clicks on a file/dir, the cursor turns to the load icon and loads forever.
Even if we kill and restart File Explorer/ restart the PC, the issue still exists.
We have try several way to solve bu not works:
sfc /scannow
rebuild index
DISM
Windows Troubleshoot tool
Windows Update (KB5028185) (Helps for several hours but the issue occurs after a day)

 

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

 

File explorer slow with loading thumnails and files

Step by step guide:
1. Hold Win+r to open run
2. Type msconfig and hit ok or enter
3. Click Services
4. Navigate to Windows search (you can sort the list in descending alphabetical order)
5. Uncheck tickbox
6. Click apply then ok
7. Select to restart now

Hope this works for you.