Windows 10: Right click causes windows explorer crash

Discus and support Right click causes windows explorer crash in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; When I right-click on the desktop or anywhere within file explorer, the explorer waits for a second, crashes and restarts. It started after September... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by alex_win_7, Sep 23, 2023.

  1. Right click causes windows explorer crash


    When I right-click on the desktop or anywhere within file explorer, the explorer waits for a second, crashes and restarts. It started after September 2023 windows 11 update which I did 21 Sep 2023. Before that day, right click was working file, with old context menu and with new context menu. And right click is working fine in any other application. The problem disappeared only I removed the update using the restore point. I'd like to know what was the cause of the issue and how to fix it next time. Thank you

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    alex_win_7, Sep 23, 2023
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  2. Namslas90 Win User
    Namslas90, Sep 23, 2023
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  3. F1reFly Win User
    right click crashes explorer

    appreciated*Toast :toast:

    edit: haha, i just noticed that the snipping tool is completely gone from my system, it was there the other day, now its gone and its backup in winsxs wont run....god i hate windows. heck with it, i'm formatting
     
    F1reFly, Sep 23, 2023
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  4. jsmin Win User

    Right click causes windows explorer crash

    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, Sep 23, 2023
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