Windows 10: Windows 10 Explorer freezing and lagging randomly

I have had this problem before, windows explorer is freezing and causing other programs to lag, even as i am writing this i type and have to wait more than 5 sec for the text on screen to appear. file explorer glitches from dark mode occasionally turning white and scrolling to the top of the page periodically. if i restart it gets better but as time goes, it gets worse up to type point that it becomes unusable it seems to get worse when online or on a network. last time it just sorted itself out but this time it seems to be taking longer, has anyone been successful in solving this problem?

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Windows 10 freezes randomly

I had already tried turning off fast startup, to no avail.
Will look at the list you provided, thanks. Hard to do when computer freezes on the Windows loading screen though. *Biggrin

I had tried that as well... no result.

 

Win 10 Windows Explorer started freezing randomly

Hi,

Provide the answers to the following for us to be able to learn more about the issue you're experiencing with your File Explorer:

• Is your Windows 10 up-to-date?
  
• Are your drivers updated? If not yet, you can follow the steps found on this
  link on how to update your drivers in Windows 10.
  
• What are the changes made or the things you've done before your File Explorer freezes randomly?

Regards.

 

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.