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balbul
Brass Contributor
Sep 17, 2021

Windows 11 File Explorer freezes when renaming files

Hi, my file explorer lags (or freezes for few seconds) every time i rename files and happened in any folder or files in any drive. Specifically, it happens after i'm finished renaming a file or folde...
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MNJONES1907
Copper Contributor
Oct 16, 2021
Ah! I have an AMD rig and yep, this is happening to me, as well. I am trying to rename a bunch of media files for Plex Media Server and, well, I guess I'll have to spin up a Windows 10 Virtual Machine. I really do not like the way File Explorer has been stripped down in Windows 11. Hell, File Manager in Win 3.11 was better than this mess. The whole ribbon is naked, it seems, and I had to download a patch just to regain the "move to folder" and "copy to folder" function. Then they took away having a clock on the lower right corner of each monitor, and I happen to play my full windows game on the far right window, so my clock is gone. (Yeah, first-world problem, I know). However, today, I discovered the bug with renaming these incorrectly named files, so I am very tempted to roll back to Windows 10 and be done with it. I tried an automated mass re-namer, but each file needs a human eye on it for certain decisions that I cannot automate. Other than the prestige of having the latest OS, I don't see a big enough benefit of having Windows 11, at this time. I'll go back to my original set-up of Win 10 with a Win 11 VM.
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motosgamer
Copper Contributor
Oct 26, 2021

MNJONES1907 I now have the latest developer build and it seems like the problem has been solved. I also think that we should have the time in the second screen. Have you rolled back to w10? I think I will because some games running under dx12 just crush after a while.

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    MNJONES1907
    Copper Contributor
    Oct 26, 2021
    Yes. Running Win11 in VM, this morning's update still throws rename errors, however intermittently, instead of full-time, as before. Dx12 has been an issue with some of my games anyway, with Win10, so I didn't even try with Win11.
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      SouthPoleCat
      Copper Contributor
      Nov 16, 2021

      My issue is a bit different. I have a new Dell XPS PC that came with Windows 11 installed. Everything works great. However, if I change the folder in Win Explorer, more specifically go up by one level (say from A/B/C to A/B) by pressing the up-arrow, WE hangs for a couple of seconds showing a spinning blue wheel. And then everything is working. This is a little nuance, but it is very annoying since I am used to a lot of folders switching and very fast. 

      I do not have a problem with renaming files.

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        MNJONES1907
        Copper Contributor
        Nov 16, 2021

        SouthPoleCat   that is very interesting. After the last two updates, I too have had the same trouble as you, though renaming files has settled down to about one in five files before file explorer reverts the renamed file back to the original file name.   I now have an additional problem with a third-party app, VLC Player where I cannot right click and play a DVD. Of course, we have that insipid  "show more options"  to get to the part of the menu where any real action can take place. However, in previous iterations of Windows, from the parent file menu (far left column) of File Explorer, one could right click on the optical drive and then click "play with xxx," in my case "play with VLC player." Now, one has to click , "Show more options," to get that function.  Now, after the last update, when I click "show more options," then click, "Play with VLC Player" nothing happens.  I have to open the optical drive, then from the child file menu, right click the VIDEO_TS folder then click "Show more options" then click "Play with VLC Player." WHY so many clicks to do what used to be a two-click operation?  I have not taken the time to install other video players, such as GOM Player or PowerDVD because this is a VM and not going to be my production machine.    

         

        Microsoft:  If it ain't broken, then fix it until it is broken. Then patch it. Then fix the patch. Then patch the fix. Then patch some more until Super Tuesday, then apply the hotfix, then patch it.  Then patch the patch. Then fix it some more. Then patch it once again. 

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