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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...
I suffered from this for months, and I finally found the solution: folders were locked due to File Indexing (Searchprotocolhost.exe). The solution simply is just to either disable file indexing and use something else as "Voidtools Everything", possibly using Flow launcher as well instead of start menu, or just try rebuilding the index.