Windows 10: Files won't show. File explorer blank

I've been working on my computer all day. Just an hour or two ago it started slowing down. I made sure every thing was okay in my task manager and then I scanned for viruses, but nothing turned up. I've repeated those things several times, and i still lag/won't see any files if I open file explorer. I don't want to restart my computer because I'm worried if I do, it'll return even more broken. What is wrong/what can I do?

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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

 

Icon for cmd.exe blank in File Explorer


The icon for cmd.exe is a blank file as in the image.




You can see the icon is correct in the properties window.




This is a recent clean install of windows about a week ago. Not sure when they changed but I do remember having the icon correct after the initial install. I've followed the instructions to rebuild icon cache for Windows 10 at http://www.howtogeek.com/232779/how-...in-windows-10/. It did not work.

Any suggestions would be great.

 

Burn files and documents to the computers DVD recorder

Hi,


Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve this issue.

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check fi t helps

• 
  Press Windows + x, and select Control panel.
  
• 
  Select Auto play.
  
• 
  Under DVD select Blank DVD.
  
• 
  Click on Chose a Default.
  
• 
  Select Burn file to Disk File Explorer.
  

Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help.