Windows 10: File explorer won't open

Today my MSI GS76 Stealth laptop with an Intel i9 processor, 32GB of memory, running Windows 11 23H2 locked up and would not do anything. I had to let the battery run down so I could reboot it. When I did restart, File Explorer would not open. I restarted again then tried a complete shutdown and reboot and it still would not open. I went into the recovery environment and used a restore point that was created earlier in the day. The restore point recovery was successful, but File Explorer still will not start. I have tried the pinned shortcut on my taskbar, the shortcut on my desktop, and the s

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File Explorer STILL not opening

Greetings,

File Explorer has not been opening for at least a month. I have followed Microsoft's given steps in Fix
File Explorer if it won't open or start multiple times with no success. Has anyone found a solution?

Thanks, Matt

 

File Explorer does not open when uploading files

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Welcome : in addition to the answers received

Try the Microsoft advice, when : File explorer

doesn't open or unable to upload files

After open the webPage >> You'll see Windows 10

and 7 listed headlines below : click each of

them >> and apply its

solutions outlined : After execute each

set of fixes. Stop and open your, browser to

upload those files again : When you Run

the troubleshooter,.Restart the Pc after finish

to let any repair be - Saved on the system

Report results and Stay tuned



Link : https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/fix-file

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Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.