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
    2024-06-28T12:38:17+00:00

    Thank you for providing an actual solution. This fixed my problem :)

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-06-26T20:12:11+00:00

    Chill pal....

    He's a community member taking his time to try and help people out unlike yourself.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-06-16T12:49:38+00:00

    Thank you for contributing to this thread.

    After having tried different suggestions, your workaround worked for me at once.

    Since many people have reported having this issue, I cannot believe why Microsoft has still not found a solution for this. This only tarnishes their reputation in favor of other OSs.

    Thank you.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-06-06T08:54:10+00:00

    Hi, I’ve had this problem before. What worked for me is opening windows run, (windows+r) typing in shell:recent\AutomaticDestinations and deleting everything inside. Then type in shell:recent\CustomDestinations and delete everything inside. Empty the recycling bin and for me it works.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-06-05T15:00:06+00:00

    Have been having the same problem on Windows 11... sfc /scannow didn't find any issues either. Is there a log file or dump I can provide to help someone from MS debug this? It's a big deal when the entire Windowd Explorer doesn't work... you know?

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