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File Explorer bug re UNC paths
In the past few months a bug has appeared in File Explorer: when I enter a server UNC path in the address box, e.g. \\myserver\e$ and hit Return often nothing happens (no error), when what should h...
This sounds very similar to the issue I am experiencing on our company computers. The Explorer just looks frozen, but it is not.
When I maximize the Explorer Window I can see a second overlapping one inside the first one.
Also this is not happening in Windows 10.
See my thread here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-11/windows-11-file-explorer-bug/m-p/4088463
Is this the same issue you are facing?
- I have experienced that issue as well. This is different.
When I type a UNC path into the address bar and hit enter, it does absolutely nothing. You can leave it sitting there for hours, or resize or move the window, and nothing happens. It is now to the point that it never works typing directly into the address bar for UNC paths. I have to use the Windows+R workaround every time now. (It does work for local paths, eg. C:\Windows works but \\Server1\c$ just sits there.)
They added a bunch of cool features, but it is still at beta level at best.- Oh man, so I assume you didn´t find an actual resolution for those problems.
Really annoying.
You would think that after 2.5 years you get a working product, but apparently not....
