Windows 10: "This PC" or File Explorer takes long time to show icons and drives

Good Day...



I have HP Probook 450 G5 laptop, with Intel i7; 8GB Ram and 250GB SSD. in which I just recently formatted. It works perfectly fine at my home and when I use it one of my workplace it suddenly takes forever to open "This PC" folder. The odd thing is, other software works perfectly fine. Browser, acrobat, office and autodesk trueviewer works fast except when opening File Explorer windows.


Does this have anything to with the firewall set up in my workplace?... Please help..


Thank you in advance

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Opening any file in windows explorer takes a long time

When I double click any file on my windows explorer it takes a long time to open.

It doesn't matter if it's a pdf, image or txt file.

Also if I right click the file and select "open with" it takes a long time to open.

Even when I select windows icons such as "Devices and printers" it takes a long time.

Any Ideas?

 

win10 icons take long time to show (windows Explorer)


When I first open the Windows Explorer after starting my computer the icons for the files show up as a white box. I have run virus scans, malware scans which both finding nothing, then I defraged the drive and tried resetting the icon cache then rebooted. The same thing happens. The icon do eventually show up after the computer has been on for a while.

Has anyone else experienced this and what is a fix?

Thanks

 

File Explorer- no drive letters are listed.

The File Explorer in Windows 10, shows the Frequent folders list and Recent files list by default. You can view the drives by clicking on This PC tab on the left site of the File Explorer. But if you wish the File Explorer
to open This PC showing drives list by default, then follow these steps:

1. In Windows 10, open a new File Explorer window and click the View tab from the ribbon toolbar.

2. In the View tab, find and click on Options, listed by default on the far right side of the ribbon.

3. In the Folder Options window, make sure you’re on the General tab and then find the drop-down box labeled Open File Explorer To. Click the drop-down menu and select This PC. Click OK to
save your changes and close the window. Now your File Explorer opens to Drives list by default.

Hope this helps!