Windows 11 file explorer hangs, open

I have encountered this problem on almost every upgrade from Win 10 to Win 11. I first encountered this on a VM I use as a test bed for investigating anomalous behaviors of Windows (of which I find many).. After much scouring of the web, the only workaround I've found is to disable the Windows Search service. The solution was to perform a clean install. This was acceptable on the VM.

But this is unacceptable if I want to keep my apps and data during an upgrade or depend on the service. because of the pending EOL of Win 10, I have now (reluctantly) performed on my main system. I was hoping at this late date, this would have been a permanent solution but that is, apparently is not the case.

Now I find this very recent post highlighting the issue. Other than submitting a comment to the "improvements" site, what can be done to beat up on the "powers that be" to get attention to this? How wide spread is this? Is there something in my environment that makes me more prone to it?