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mrlucid
Jan 22, 2026Copper Contributor
Windows Explorer is just lagging, and not showing icons, and crashing
If I select "Date" or "Type" windows cursor shows loading?? and then it stalls. sometimes icons will show and then sometimes it just crashes with no icons. If I try to sort files in any way...
JoyceBeatty
Jan 28, 2026Iron Contributor
If the issue began after an update:
Open Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update.
Click View update history > Uninstall updates.
Remove the most recent update that might be causing the issues