Windows 10: Windows Folders Take Painfully Long to Open

Discus and support Windows Folders Take Painfully Long to Open in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging to solve the problem; Important Information: Only folders, not applications, not files, not even my drives, only folders. Booting into safe mode worked and my folders... Discussion in 'Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging' started by CerealKurus, Jan 10, 2021.

  1. Windows Folders Take Painfully Long to Open


    Important Information:

    Only folders, not applications, not files, not even my drives, only folders. Booting into safe mode worked and my folders opened easily. If some people see this a few hours after this is posted, I am probably asleep by then. I will probably wake up around 10 pm UTC


    Story


    A while ago, when everything was alright, downloaded VMware Workstation pro from the official website, updated my drivers, and got a toolbar from this guy and it might seem extremely suspicious, but he is reliable and it seems like I am the only one to get it in the comments. I used his toolbar to download "chocolatey", essential tweaks, disable Cortana, visual FX; and enabled dark mode accidentally it was already on. After some time and spent playing VALORANT, I tried to open my folder, and there is where it started.


    The Toolbox

    Windows Folders Take Painfully Long to Open 42f06172-c8d2-49af-bb2b-1f7ec17d672a?upload=true.png


    Solutions I have tried:

    I deleted "chocolatey", restored what I disabled, and deleted VMware: nope
    I used indexing: nope
    Restoring windows explorer defaults: nope
    "Optimize this folder for": nope

    PC Specs: 16 GB Memory AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

    GPUs probably aren't relevant but here is it anyway: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 AMD & RadeonTM Vega 8 Graphics

    :)
     
    CerealKurus, Jan 10, 2021
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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, Jan 10, 2021
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  3. Windows 10 - Painfully slow

    Mine's the same. Painfully slow! And no, it's not at all the gradual aging of a computer. It was super fast and responsive until the moment Windows 10 went on. Now each double click just on a folder in the file explorer takes a long time to open and respond.

    Windows 10 looks shiny and new, but under the hood it's so much slower than what it replaced.

    Drivers have been updated too, so any other suggestions would be welcome!

    Thanks!
     
    GrahamKell, Jan 10, 2021
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  4. Jacko28 Win User

    Windows Folders Take Painfully Long to Open

    Opening a Folder in VC++

    I've recently started learning VC++ and it's coming along quite nicley, I've now been given a little task by my boss to add a button to an excisting Incident report program.

    All the button needs to do is open a new explorer window and open the folder selected in the incident report program. There isn't a deadline for it, it's just to assist in my learning.

    I'm not asking for anyone to do it for me, i just need a few suggestions on how to do this so i'm looking in the correct direction?

    Thanks
     
    Jacko28, Jan 10, 2021
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