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Discus and support Problem with File Explorer windows being hidden in windows 10. in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; In Windows 10 my file explorer windows will not show. I can open as many as I like and when I hover over the file explorer icon on my taskbar it shows... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by A. W. Carter, Feb 8, 2025.

  1. Problem with File Explorer windows being hidden in windows 10.


    In Windows 10 my file explorer windows will not show. I can open as many as I like and when I hover over the file explorer icon on my taskbar it shows the windows that I have open but if I click on one of those windows nothing happens. I have fully shutdown and rebooted many times but that doesn't solve the problem. I also have run sfc /scannow. In Settings I changed the file explorer options back to the defaults and that didn't help. I created a new user account and that account is able to display file explorer windows so apparently my account information is somehow corrupted. How do I fix

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    A. W. Carter, Feb 8, 2025
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  2. Ahhzz Win User

    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.
     
    Ahhzz, Feb 8, 2025
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  3. jsmin Win User
    Windows Explorer crashes and thumbnails problem

    Hi, I hope you can help me.
    Windows Explorer is no longer showing thumbnails on files played by Windows Media Player. I've run cmd and regsvr32 shmedia.dll and regsvr32 shimgvw.dll. That seemed to solve the problem...but it created a different one. Now when I try to open a folder on an external hard drive it crashes. I read in an old 2008 post it was an avi file causing the problem and suggested the run cmd regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll. That solved the opening problem but recreated the thumbnail problem. Any help to achieve both functions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
     
    jsmin, Feb 8, 2025
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  4. Frick Win User

    Problem with File Explorer windows being hidden in windows 10.

    Windows Explorer Replacement?

    I don't use Internet Explorer, I meant the thing where you can look at files etc. Hotkey Windows+E. Maybe it's the wrong name in english though. *Stick Out Tongue Problem with File Explorer windows being hidden in windows 10. :p
     
    Frick, Feb 8, 2025
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