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Ran Tweaking.com's Windows repair program again the right way, but no improvement (plus, even unchecking file associations it still changed a bunch and left me with some reset permissions that have to be changed).
Here's the Task Mgr screenshot in idle you requested and it shows something very not normal I hadn't realized is going on: Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) is running hot. Normally (last I paid attention was with 1511), it idles at 1-2%. I took that shot about two minutes after start up, with no Apps running but Task Mgr (apps show up top). As I write, it's nearing 15 minutes and it's still running the same way. Perhaps that's the clue we've been looking for to understand what's going on with the icons and why XYplorer sometimes goes not responding. I've added a System Explorer screenshot (~2350 handles). I also just turned off and disabled Windows Search, which I didn't realize had been reenabled, but that's not changing anything with explorer. I did run ESET and Trend Micro's scanners and they came up with nothing except a couple false positive PUPs.
Last edited by highstream; 09 Feb 2017 at 03:29.