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Windows 11 File Explorer freezes when renaming files
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.
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.
MNJONES1907 - this is strange - perhaps file associations are broken. I would highly recommend trying PotPlayer (https://potplayer.daum.net/) that plays everything you can imagine, and it is free. I usually have VLC and PotPlayer installed and they can handle anything.