My windows explorer used to be very fast. Then I tried to decompress a zip file, and cancel it.
Now it is very slow.
symptoms:
-When I press (Windows)+E nothing happens until some minutes later (before it opened winosw explorer instantly)
-when explorer is open I can see the folder icons only. The rest are just white squares. (the icons of all other files take time to open)
-the green bar in the upper side shows a very slow progress.
-If I right click a file, the menu does not appear but a blue circle (loading) appears instead
The computer is not slow, and I can browse internet and doing other things. Only everything related to explorer is slow
Any help is greatly appreciated
Windows 10: Windows explorer very slow (green bar)
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New 23 Feb 2018 #1
Windows explorer very slow (green bar)
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New 23 Feb 2018 #2
It might be HDD/SSD issue.
Have you tried checking the drive for errors?
Tutorial
Drive Error Checking in Windows 10
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New 23 Feb 2018 #3
There was another middling-length thread on TenForums on this topic last year: you might want to check it out. The title is evocative of your symptoms: File explorer slow/Never loading solution Solved - Windows 10 Forums.
HTH,
--Ed--
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