Windows 10: Why does File Explorer crash?

For some reason, file explorer crashed. I went to Event Viewer and found this. Please help me.Log Name: Application Source: Application Error Date: 5/18/2024 5:00:31 PM Event ID: 1000 Task Category: Application Crashing Events Level: Error Keywords: User: COREYSSKYTECH\dazeo Computer: CoreysSkytech Description: Faulting application name: Explorer.EXE, version: 10.0.22621.3527, time stamp: 0x00c8ba7a Faulting module name: Taskbar.View.dll, version: 624.7317.60.0, time stamp: 0x6619b7c3 Exception code: 0xc0000409 Fault offset: 0x00000000006

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file explorer crashes

Effective Way to Solve the File Explorer Crashes Issue

You can try the following steps:

1. Tap down the Windows button first to activate the search bar.
2. After that, in the search bar type control, and then click on the top-most search result, that is on Control Panel.
3. Next, in the search bar type file.
4. Now, from the search results click on File Explorer Options.
5. Then, click on the Clean button.
6. Lastly, click on Apply and then on OK.

References: https://www.****/knowledge/solved-windows-10-file-explorer-crash-easy-way/

 

Windows Explorer crashing due to large files

thats wierd... iv never had a large file crash explorer before....


and i have files ranging upto 80GB...

 

File explorer keeps crashing in Win 10

Hello,

I did the steps you wrote. All the settings were as you suggested. The File Explorer keeps crashing.