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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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SouthPoleCat
Copper Contributor
Nov 18, 2021
It seems that I found a simple solution, at least to my problem when WE would pause for a few seconds when changing folders. Go to folders/options/view and UNCHECK "Launch folder in a separate process". Restart. That's it!
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MNJONES1907
Copper Contributor
Nov 20, 2021

SouthPoleCat  Yes, Explorer is broken. Totally.  I re-installed Windows 11 to try it again, after my VM version started to become more stable after the last update and I found an optical drive work around in File Explorer. So, I thought it'd work better than earlier iterations. Nope. It's worse.

I updated to the latest update of 11 today, and now File Explorer is the most unstable it has ever been. I have rebooted 4x and I still get (Not Responding) and a white box where File Explorer should be. Each time, I'd try to start  Task Manager and get the Task Manger is (Not Responding) and then the popup for Task Manager says, "The application is not responding. The Program may respond again if you wait. Do you want to end this process?"    That's it. I'm done. I'm out. 

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