File explorer not responding in Windows 11. It opens up but becomes unresponsive when you click anywhere.

Anonymous
2024-01-20T21:46:04+00:00

I tried every solution available on the internet to make file explorer responsive. However, it is not working. I open up file explorer, it opens. Now, when I click any folder or any icon or try to do search, it becomes unresponsive. I have spent days trying to fix this and I am very frustrated with this. Can any Samaritan

help me with this?

Kind Regards,

Sajan

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-10-19T11:19:06+00:00

    For real. Maybe I'll just switch to Mac. MS devs stupid level is higher than 100.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-10-09T21:00:34+00:00

    Thanks Bülent_791 ! I followed your instructions, but explorer is behaving itself right now. So, I don't know if I have a fix. If explorer gags again, I will retry your instructions. I appreciate the response.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-10-08T07:12:00+00:00

    Thankyou so much. Everything I tried up until now didn't work.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-10-02T09:48:07+00:00

    Following steps solved my issue.

    Step 1: Be sure that, "Windows Event Log" service is running.

    1. Open services: run "Services.msc".
    2. be sure that "Windows Event Log" is running, and its "Startup Type" is "Automatic".

    Step 2: Reset DCOM permissions.

    1. Run "dcomcnfg"
    2. Open "Componet Services\Computers", right-click "My Computer" and select Properties.
    3. switch to "Default Properties" tab.

    the values ​​should be like this:

    "Default Authentication Level" should be "Connect".

    "Default Impersonation Level" should be "Identify".

    1. even if the values ​​are as above, first select different values ​​and click "Apply", then select the above values and click "Apply" again.
    2. Restart your pc.

    that's all.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-09-22T00:27:31+00:00

    sfc /scannow in command prompt as admin worked for me.

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