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File Explorer is broken after July 2026 Update
Recently updated my system on July 16, 2026. Applied the latest available update as July 2026 cumulative update.
After that I face with very annoying bug(s) regarding the file explorer.
The bug: the explorer.exe(all file explorer windows) process freezes for some seconds, then gets halted and restarted.
How to produce the above bug? using either of the followings:
1) selecting(single click) any image file (jpeg, webp, ...) (but selecting some other file types like text, pdf, or ... are okay)
2) right-click on a file (although right-click on drivers in my pc works as expected, or a folder, but crash on any file)
3) double-click to open a zip file
Hiding the preview panel in file explorer didn't help.
Please fix it, very annoying.
In my machine, I have the following applications which may have some context manu:
PDF-X
7-zip
Media-player classic (codec), and km-player
MS one-drive
Python, Matlab, VSCode
Thank you for your time and consideration