Windows 10: Why does File Explorer for Desktop keep freezing?

I click on File Explorer in Taskbar.I double-click Desktop.Then, . . . nothing happens. It freezes.I have tried most of the solutions here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/fix-file-explorer-if-it-won-t-open-or-start-ce614e06-be97-fe4a-a7ce-d6bf13a8cb98I have not tried a repair, since I do not have the time.This does not happen too often, but once every couple of weeks. Then, it seems to resolve itself.This has happened on multiple, different computers.

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Cannot find Desktop Icon in File Explorer

Now that is interesting. If I do what you suggest, File Explorer Address bar changes to C:\Users\username\documents and the missing ICONS are there. But there is still not a "Desktop" folder.

Is this a step in the right direction?

 

File Explorer freezes when hovering the cursor over the "create" section.

Hi Alex,

To better assist you, we'd like to know the following:

• Did you make any changes prior to this issue?
• Are you getting any error messages after File Explorer freezes?
• What troubleshooting have you done so far?

In the meantime, we suggest you restart Windows Explorer by following the steps below:

• Type Task Manager in search bar.
• Click Task Manager.
• On the pop-up window, under Windows processes, scroll-down to
  Windows Explorer.
• Right-click Windows Explorer, and click Restart.

We look forward to your response.

Thank you.

 

File explorer is broken

Every time file explorer is opened, the program freezes. Specific symptoms:

• "Saving As" in any software brings up the file explorer window that freezes for several seconds.
  
• Right clicking on desktop crashes Explorer, the taskbar stops working, everything resets.
  
• Opening up a file explore window freezes for several seconds (Fixed by defaulting to This PC instead of Recents)
  
• Dragging and dropping is a nightmare. Often freezes mid drop, have to wait with finger pressed on drop location for several seconds.
  

Basically anything that activates explorer gives me grief.

Things I tried to fix the issue.

1. SFC scan (no problems found)
   
2. every iteration of DISM.exe (no problems found)
   
3. Updating windows.
   
4. Processor scheduling is set to Programs.
   
5. Automatically manage paging file sizes for all drives option is checked.
   
6. Disabled all startup application in Task Manager.
   
7. Clean Boot (msconfig) disabling all non microsoft services (problem persists)
   
8. Booting is safe mode (problem persists)
   
9. Restarting explorer obviously does not work.
   
10. Launch folder windows in a separate process breaks it even more.
    
11. Unchecked Show recent files etc.
    
12. Cleared File Explorer History
    
13. Changed default text size.
    

None of the solutions proposed above work.

Does anyone have any suggestions?