Windows 10: Open a folder with multiple files takes longer than expected to show the files, loading...

So I tried to be as descriptive as possible but basically, when I open a folder, let's say it's an album, & there's multiple files in it, it can either say 'working on it' before the files load OR what I'm seeing a lot of is the files loading slowly, 1-by-1, appearing in the folder on both my nvME SSDs or regular internal/external 7200rpm HDDs. Anyone have any ideas how to fix this? This is the only issue I have & it's more annoying than anything.SpecsrocessorIntel® Core™ i9-12900KF Processor 8X 3.20GHz + 8X 2.40GHz/30MB L3 CacheOSWindows 11 Pro, OS build 22621.819Memory32GB [16G

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File Explorer hangs and loads files one by one when open folder

Thanks for the further suggestions guys. I'm going to save the in-place upgrade as a last resort, but I'll keep it in my back pocket.

An interesting development - per the advice of a Microsoft representative, I deleted the following registry folders:

• \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU
• \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags

The files no longer load one by one when I open a folder. Unfortunately though the freeze still happens for about the same amount of time. Here's a new video:


I can confirm that the freezing issue only happens in folders containing .wav files. The more .wav files in a folder, the longer it hangs when I open it. Other folders, even massive ones filled with 10GB+ of .mov files, still load almost instantly when I open them.

Any ideas about why the .wav files might be causing this?

Random thought - I have VLC set as my default player for .wav files. Could this possibly have something to do with VLC?

 

Show / hide files HELP..

Open folder/Organize/folder and search options/view check show hidden files

 

Generating a .txt based file list in Windows 7

I want to be able to generate a .txt file that lists all the files and folders in a specific folder on my PC, but don't know the name of any programs that do that. Searched on google a bit and came up with this guide, but it's for XP and I can't seem to find some of the folder options to modify the .bat file. Any suggestions? Thanks

http://www.theeldergeek.com/file_list_generator.htm

EDIT: The .bat file will do what I want if it is in the folder I want to do it in, but the option I want to add is having the right click option that it shows.