Windows 10: Windows Explorer crashing when going in Downloads tab

Every time I try to access the "Downloads" tab on Windows Explorer, it crashes. I've attempted to fix the issue by running DISM Scan and SFC Scan, but it still persists. I've also searched for solutions that suggest optimizing the tab's properties by right-clicking, but doing so causes Explorer to crash as well. What else could be causing this issue and how can I resolve it? This never happened before and this only started happening 2 days ago.

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Window Explorer crashing on add tab

Hi Francesco,

Kayece here, An Independent advisor and a user just like you. I will be happy to assist you.

I understand that you experience crashing every time you add a tab on file explorer. Please follow the steps and see if it fixes the crashing of your file explorer.

*Open your Task Manager.

*Click the down arrow beside the more details.

*Look for Window Explorer/File Explorer from the list under the processes tab.

*Select Windows Explorer/File Explorer, right-click on it, and select Restart.

*Open your file explorer then add the tab.

If you still have an issue, please try the steps below.

*Press Win + R

*Type %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations and press enter

*On the top of the File Explorer window click the three dots

*Click Options

*Uncheck "Show files from Office.com"

*Press the "Clear" button to clear File Explorer history

*Delete everything inside the AutomaticDestinations folder that you just opened

*Restart PC

After restarting, open your file explorer then add the tab.

Source: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

I hope this is helpful. If you have any additional questions, please let me know and I will gladly assist you.

Kayece

Stay Safe!

 

Windows Explorer Crash

Thank you for your reply. If the above steps did not work, let's try another workaround. You can try restarting your Windows Explorer from the Task Manager and see if it will resolve the issue. Follow the steps below:

• Open Task Manager.
• Click the drop-down arrow beside More details.
• Under Processes tab, look for Windows Explorer from the list.
• Select Windows Explorer, right-click on it and select Restart.

After doing so, open Windows Explorer and see if it will crash again.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

 

Windows explorer crashing

Hi,

I am having the same problem as the OP in this thread.
Windows Explorer crashes whenever I open my external HDD or thumb drive in explorer..

I have tried the fixes listed in the above thread and I am getting the same error message as 'ktadie' (post 16). I think this is because I am running Windows 7 Professional. Windows explorer crashes when I open my 'Films' folder on my brand new 2tb external HDD. I have about 300 .avi files in this folder and some of the .avi files are several years old.

In short I believe I need the same fix given by 'Wile E' (post 7) but updated for Windows 7 Professional.

Thanks in advance.