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
    2024-12-25T15:32:30+00:00

    MY MAN!

    I have done so many things and reading your comment i was like .. no way this gonna work but well what can I lose ? lets try it ..

    And it worked lmao.

    Thank you so much!

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-12-21T00:46:22+00:00

    I feel your pain.

    My advise is to to download Explorer++ from any reliable site, preferably the official site that you can find on this link Explorer++ Site

    It's a tiny application that does the same job as Windows Explorer, but way better.

    Windows Explorer won't work properly for some reason, and I don't want to go through another Windows 11 re-installation again. Troubleshooting helper isn't helpful at all......

    It really uses really RAM. With several tabs.

    Sadly, an alternative Windows Explorer relies on Windows native functions.

    So, to sum up : this application is handy. It's better that Windows Explorer, faster, etc...

    I'm a happy Explorer++ user, not someone paid to promote this application. So, as someone who spends a lot of time on computers (I'm a software dev), I like to work on a computer where I feel at home.

    Any one who is familiar with "crunch time" should know how I feel !

    I'm sure we will talk again about new VS, .Net, etc

    Best regards,

    Aurel

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  3. 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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