Windows 10: PC crashed/hung, now always getting green progress bar in Explorer

I wonder if anyone can advise. On Friday my PC hung/crashed (I think it was while opening an nzb file), and I had to restart by right-clicking the start button, left-click was gone. Now every time I open windows explorer and every sub-folder I go into, I have the green progress bar loading slowly, and files only being available to access slowly. Is there a way to fix this? P.S. I'm not even sure what that progress bar bar is exactly, it's to do with indexing folder contents? Windows 10 Pro, 20H2.

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Green bar

Hi,



I realize that you are facing slow performance issue in your Windows 10 system. Let me assist you.



To assist you better, write back to us with the following information.

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  When you say “I am getting a green bar across the top of all my windows”, are you referring to the loading green progress bar?
  
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  What is the make and model of your system?
  
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  Which build of Windows 10 is installed in your computer?
  

I suggest you to follow the below troubleshooting methods and check if the issue is resolved.



Step 1: Delete Cache and Cookie from Internet Explorer.

• 
  Press Windows key + R key, type
  inetcpl.cpl and press Enter key.
  
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  Click on Delete.
  
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  Check the first four options and click on
  Delete option.
  

Step 2: Run Internet Explorer Performance troubleshooter.

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  Type Troubleshooting in the search bar and select
  Troubleshooting.
  
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  Click on View all in the left panel.
  
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  Find and click on Internet Explorer Performance.
  
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  Follow the on-screen instructions.
  

If the issue still persists, I suggest you to provide the screenshot of the issue you are facing.

Refer to the below link to attach screen shot in your post:

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Hope the information helps. Kindly write back to us for further assistance on Windows. We’ll be glad to assist you.



Thank you.

 

Green progress bar in File Explorer


I don't remember how or when I made a change in File Explorer, but each time I call it up now, I get a slow moving progress bar in the bar where it identifies the location. I noticed there in the search bar it shows where it is going: "search (J Jack" as an example.

How do I stop this? It takes a lot of time, depending on the folder.

 

Slow Green progress bar in File Explorer - possible solution

I've had a problem with File Explorer since upgrading to Windows 10, where I get a green progress bar that crawls along slowly, delaying the results of folder display such as the Download and Documents folders. It could take up to a minute before the folders
would display.

I tried many different things as possible solutions that I'd found when searching the web:

• SFC
• DISM
• various options in File Explorer

Nothing worked for me.

I then thought perhaps there's a problem with the indexing. I was about to rebuild the index under the control panel\Indexing\Advanced options, but by chance went into the Modify option which looks at indexed locations.

Here I noticed there were pointers to my D: drive to a series of folders which are not there any more. They appeared to be from an old user profile, with a comment beside them saying 'Unavailable'. I unticked these, clicked OK to save the changes, then restarted
File Exlorer and found that I no longer get the slow green progress bar when I go into my Downloads and Documents folders.

I had upgraded to Windows 10 Pro x64 from Windows 8.1. I don't recall if I had this problem with Windows 8.1, but I think I probably did. Also, I used to re-direct my Documents and other personal folders to D\:username, but now I redirect them to D:\Users\username,
and think somehow the old location was remembered by Search.

It worked for me. Hope it works for you.