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Discus and support Windows 10 file explorer problem in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; I bought a PC this year with Windows 10 installed, and it went fine but after some time it started freezing whenever I opened the file explorer or if I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by Guma006, Sep 26, 2020.

  1. Guma006 Win User

    Windows 10 file explorer problem


    I bought a PC this year with Windows 10 installed, and it went fine but after some time it started freezing whenever I opened the file explorer or if I right clicked on a file or in the desktop. The files in the desktop also display a blank page instead of their usual icon. I have no clue what may have caused this and it is very infuriating. I have tried several solutions that I found on internet, such as removing desktop menus from my NVIDIA graphic card, typing sfc /scannow to see if it detected any issues(it didnt) and also going into file explorer options and checking and unchecking whatever it said on the internet(most of the options were already checked or unchecked how they were supposed to).
    It is really a big deal because some times it works just fine, but most of the time it just stays there loading or it doesnt respond at all and I have to close it, if I open it again it still wont work. It happens in any folders, and when I open the file explorer directly (the This PC folder) it just crashes. I would really appreciate it if anyone here knows of any solution that actually works for me.

    :)
     
    Guma006, Sep 26, 2020
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  2. Ahhzz Win User

    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.
     
    Ahhzz, Sep 26, 2020
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  3. jsmin Win User
    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 26, 2020
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  4. Frick Win User

    Windows 10 file explorer problem

    Windows Explorer Replacement?

    I don't use Internet Explorer, I meant the thing where you can look at files etc. Hotkey Windows+E. Maybe it's the wrong name in english though. *Stick Out Tongue Windows 10 file explorer problem :p
     
    Frick, Sep 26, 2020
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