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File Explorer hangs at startup (until reboot)
After using Windows 10 for a few hours I find that File Explorer hangs when I open it - it tries to display the Quick Access items, but never completes - I just see "Working on it..." in the preview pane. If I click on "This PC" in the left pane it also hangs with the same message. If I type an address directly into the address bar (e.g. "c:") it will display immediately.
If I open a File Explorer window shortly after rebooting, and leave it open the whole time I can continue to select any entry from the left pane APART FROM "Quick Access" and "This PC", which hang with the message above.
If I open a new File Explorer window after a few hours I only see the "Working on it..." message, and the left pane contains only these top-level items:
- Quick Access (with no sub-items)
- Desktop
- This PC (with no sub-items)
- Homegroup (with no sub-items).
This doesn't happen when the machine is first booted, and only seems to start happening after a few hours. If I reboot the problem corrects itself.
My initial thought was that there was something on my Quick Access list (e.g. a network share) which was inaccessible, and hence causing it to hang, but I can access every one of the folders in my Quick Access list from my "original" File Explorer window if I leave it open for the entire session.
Any ideas for how to fix this?