Windows 10: HP Laptop - Windows 10 - File Explorer and Thumb Drive Corrupted "Not Responding" Error...

Friends,


I have a one-year old HP laptop running Windows 10 and a fairly new Phiilips 15 GB thumb drive.


The thumb drive appears to be corrupted. When I attempt to access the thumb drive on my laptop or a public computer the File Explorer feature freezes gives me the “Not Responding” error message.



- - When using my laptop the thumb drive completely freezes and I am unable access any files on this drive

- - When using a public computer I can access the files on the thumb drive, however, I receive the “Not Responding” error message for 20-30 seconds each time I access a file on the thumb drive



Both of the use cases above lead to very poor performance and personal productivity - "Not Responding" error message 20-30 times per day.


I have scanned both my laptop and thumb drive with McAfee AV software which reports "no"zero problems found.


I have scanned the thumb drive on a public computer using MalwareBytes AV which also reports "no" zero problems found.


Please help. Many, many thanks. Lawrence

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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.

 

Windows 10 file explorer not responding

following ALL of the above steps did nothing. explorer.exe still broken.

additional steps taken:

1x system refresh, explorer still dead

1x clean boot, explorer still dead

3x sfc /scannow, rebooted in between, explorer still dead

1x restore point, all programs uninstalled, explorer worked for 4 hours, then died.

1x reset, explorer still never opened

1x reverted back to 8.1, explorer woked, autoupdated to 10, explorer died

1x COMPLETE WIPE, reinstalled 8.1, autoupdated to 10, explorer died.

wiping again. reeinstalling 8.1. turning off updates for good.

amazing this CRITICAL issue exists at all.

 

Corrupted file RAR

If the archive has been created using WinRAR, why don't you try WinRAR itself? It has a built-in repair feature for repairing corrupted archive (ZIP as well as RAR). Follow the steps given below:

• Open WinRAR application in your system.
• Now click on File tab > Open or simply press Ctrl+O.
• A small window "Find Archive" will pop up. Locate the corrupt RAR archive from your system directory and select it.
• Now click Open button.
• Click Tools tab > Repair archive or simply press Alt+R.
• Again a small window "Repairing File name.rar" will pop up.
• Now click Browse to select a location to save the repaired archive.
• Check the box "Treat the corrupt archive as RAR" and click OK.
• WinRAR will start repairing of corrupt RAR archive. Once it gets completed click Close.

I hope the above steps will help you repair the corrupted RAR archive.

Thanks.