File Explorer not responding in Windows 10/11 - How to Fix explorer.exe crashing - 2024 Working

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  • How to fix File Explorer not responding, explorer.exe crashing and general freezing when browsing folders in Windows 10 or 11. This tutorial helps you make it work again! These are the different ways you can solve the freezes, crashes and file explorer not working issues with.
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Комментарии • 303

  • @Alucard00769
    @Alucard00769 4 года назад +50

    problem is explorer.exe crashes everytime I open a file or program. I can't do these steps because it resets almost immediately

    • @jade410
      @jade410 4 года назад +7

      This is happening to mine too. Windows explorer just keeps restarting and I'm not sure why

    • @aryasarkar1579
      @aryasarkar1579 4 года назад +1

      @@jade410 Me Too 😭

    • @yunike543
      @yunike543 4 года назад

      @@aryasarkar1579 did u solve it?

    • @aryasarkar1579
      @aryasarkar1579 4 года назад

      @@yunike543 No Bro.Do You Have Any Solution?

    • @yunike543
      @yunike543 4 года назад

      @@aryasarkar1579 i think i found, uninstal your onedrive, it works for me...dont ask me why just do it

  • @21kielquint
    @21kielquint 3 года назад +16

    I’ve been trying to fix this for 3 days now and i found this video and made my day - Thank You Soo Much 👌

  • @maxim_mazurok
    @maxim_mazurok 4 года назад +18

    Uninstalling OneDrive solved the issue when explorer would freeze and restart every time. If you can't uninstall OneDrive - just reboot, the issue will be gone, but it'll come back eventually.

    • @gaelickusgamer163
      @gaelickusgamer163 3 года назад

      OMG THANK YOU. i was worried because nothing was working but your comment save me :D

    • @gaelickusgamer163
      @gaelickusgamer163 3 года назад

      @nglMax There are a lot of solutions, but this worked for me

    • @NewGuy478
      @NewGuy478 Год назад

      This is what i needed

    • @miehunterwild
      @miehunterwild 4 месяца назад

      this work for me...i follow 3 step at this video not solve my problem

  • @Janko2000
    @Janko2000 17 дней назад +1

    LOL, wasted the last 2 hours trying every other video on RUclips and yours finally fixed the issue. 1,000,000 Thanks :)

    • @GMODISM
      @GMODISM  16 дней назад

      You are welcome!

  • @chikudon1
    @chikudon1 2 года назад +3

    Thank you.
    I had this issue for long time and I reboot every time to restore the system. Now, the problem is fixed and no more frustration.
    Thank you again.

    • @GMODISM
      @GMODISM  2 года назад

      That'is awesome! ;)

  • @thisisamazing3825
    @thisisamazing3825 Год назад +4

    This seems to have sorted the issue immediately here. Thank You! I hope it stays fixed ...will let you know

  • @johnastrab1401
    @johnastrab1401 Год назад +1

    I watched 5 videos on this problem and yours was the only one that worked. THANKS!

  • @kicapanmanis1060
    @kicapanmanis1060 Год назад +1

    Doing your steps solved my issue of accessing one specific folder with a lot of huge files that suddenly had problems. Thank you so much!!!

  • @SSZT2109
    @SSZT2109 2 года назад +3

    Thanks a lot, man! I was struggling to open my file explorer and the second method did help, but I seem to still get it crashes when I try to open a specific file. However, I managed to solve that by making a copy of that file and deleting the old one. Now, my file explorer is working again.

    • @GMODISM
      @GMODISM  2 года назад

      Great!

    • @nlzhf4111
      @nlzhf4111 Год назад

      Tq for explanation and i use ur method and it work for me too.

  • @originalname02
    @originalname02 10 месяцев назад +2

    This has been happening for me for almost a week, and this works super well!

    • @GMODISM
      @GMODISM  10 месяцев назад

      Great to hear!

  • @Sofiaisabel123
    @Sofiaisabel123 3 года назад +1

    tysm this worked like a charm i had a mental breakdown trying to find a video like this throughout the internet. This just confirms that it works. thanks.

  • @mr.average7893
    @mr.average7893 3 года назад +2

    Thanks sir, my explorer was glitching and not allowing me to click anything but it worked, may God bless you.

    • @GMODISM
      @GMODISM  3 года назад

      Glad it worked!

  • @moviesztamil5102
    @moviesztamil5102 3 года назад +3

    Thanks I even tried reinstalling windows 10. You saved my life

  • @chintanpatel6911
    @chintanpatel6911 3 года назад +1

    absolutely brilliant...the method was so simple and it worked....i referred to extremely complicated solutions on microsoft community's website, but nothing worked...one more time simplicity proved to be smarter...thank you very much for the enlightening video...

  • @aphilasgaim1237
    @aphilasgaim1237 3 года назад +1

    Bro I love you thanks I have Been praying for like 10 min thanks you are the best you have earned a follow

  • @joseluisgonzalez66
    @joseluisgonzalez66 3 года назад +1

    miraculously it worked for now, i couldnt even get into explorer options, i just reseted my cpu like 10x trying to find a fix, i was trying to move files from an sd card to another and it would freeze on me, when i would move my cursor along the taskbar it wouldnt highlight the software or anything, also when i would right click some of the context menu would vanish too, so damn weird.....

  • @profaker2145
    @profaker2145 2 года назад +1

    Ah None of them work tbh it's not saying anything on the task manager it's just loading and loading and it won't stop loading and I can't open other folder

  • @ATECS
    @ATECS 3 года назад +1

    thanks the 2nd method worked becouse when i select files it crashes but now notmore

  • @5iwot5
    @5iwot5 Год назад

    Thank man! Changing "open file explorer to" to "this pc" fixed my file explorer crashing and restarting when opening "this pc". Doesn't anymore now.

  • @taz2008
    @taz2008 3 года назад +1

    Help me, My file explorer doesn't work after i open any type of executable programs ( Except for files ). I tried every method but it still doesn't work, Is this a system error or instability?
    Edit : I fixed it using task manager and opening another program such as explorer... But i have another problem, When i login it shows me a black screen... How do i fix this? ( I am on mobile rn ).

  • @user-mt7uc3rw6s
    @user-mt7uc3rw6s 2 года назад

    Thank you so much!! Ive encountered a bug while dragging apps on my windows 11 laptop resulting in drag button not working and this fixed my problem! :)

  • @estherj.boucher5466
    @estherj.boucher5466 Год назад +1

    It perfectly works now. You are genius!

  • @PanCanCook
    @PanCanCook 2 года назад +1

    I watched a total of 6 tutorials and none worked until now! I thank you from the bottom of my heart :))

    • @GMODISM
      @GMODISM  2 года назад

      That is quite awesome!

  • @mikepanay6280
    @mikepanay6280 2 месяца назад

    Thank You Brother. You solution still works even now on Windows 11

  • @chrissherlock7665
    @chrissherlock7665 4 года назад +2

    Worked for me! Many thanks!

  • @DeanNutz
    @DeanNutz Год назад

    My explorer on the task bar won't open but if I hover over it I can see a small window.
    It just won't open

  • @theboss8328
    @theboss8328 3 года назад +2

    Ty lysm bro ima allways support u now ty soo much

  • @ausama95
    @ausama95 2 года назад +1

    Thanks a lot! this fixed the problem I had for months.

  • @sxlrs8153
    @sxlrs8153 3 года назад +1

    It didnt solve my problem. I dont know but whenever i touch something in the explorer the blue ring epairs and i cant press anything only letting me to close it. How can i fix that?

    • @rutik42
      @rutik42 3 года назад

      Did you fixed it? If yes how?

  • @cman7113
    @cman7113 3 года назад +1

    I tried this, and when I clicked ‘end process’ my whole screen went black and now I can’t do anything

    • @retr0.1337
      @retr0.1337 3 года назад +1

      You have to press ctrl + alt + del then open task manager and after u go for files and start new... You type explorer in and then just press ok

  • @nirod1281
    @nirod1281 4 года назад +3

    Thank you, this worked after doing so many fixes

    • @GMODISM
      @GMODISM  4 года назад +1

      Glad it did!

    • @brettcoup4756
      @brettcoup4756 4 года назад

      Lucky mine refreshes so fast I can even type

  • @whitemoon2146
    @whitemoon2146 3 месяца назад

    Hi I'm using windows 11, my file manager is not even opening, when i click file explorer whole screen going blank and again it is in home page. What to do for this issue

  • @carlosrobledo6714
    @carlosrobledo6714 2 года назад +1

    ok i did this but when im on chrome and a download window opens up it again goes fully white for a minute, any ideas?

    • @GMODISM
      @GMODISM  2 года назад

      Begin with trying another browser, like Firefox is better I think.

  • @SoniKwolf1498
    @SoniKwolf1498 2 года назад

    This happened to me for the very first time when I plugged in a camera that was at full memory capacity. Would this cause file explorer to crash or what other problems would cause this problem?

  • @BladeDuck
    @BladeDuck 3 года назад +1

    i need help. my file explorer is not working when i try to move a file or extract a file pls help me

  • @robthom09
    @robthom09 4 года назад +1

    Thanks,.. Mine seems to be working OK now. I think it was the Quick Access, and the preview panel. I see a lot of people with this problem, but when I look on the MS support, often they suggest reinstalling windows etc.. I am wondering if this was due to one of the updates. I had this problem appear on 2 different computers.

  • @saulhaigh5170
    @saulhaigh5170 3 года назад +1

    The second step fixed it for me, thank you!

  • @tysongutierrez9667
    @tysongutierrez9667 Год назад

    I did this and it went to running but instantly went back to not running. Any idea on how to fix?

  • @OmegionYT
    @OmegionYT 2 года назад

    it works for now, once i restart file explorer, it keeps crashing and restarting, so it has a further issue.

  • @chungo72
    @chungo72 2 года назад

    My problem is that it crashes as soon as it crashed. Any fixes for this problem?

  • @Jakiyyyyy
    @Jakiyyyyy 2 года назад

    Still not working. I don't know why it's still freeze and then not responding when opening any folders.

  • @megapeebs2631
    @megapeebs2631 Год назад

    Great video but I can't open the explorer options because when I hover over the taskbar it doesn't work at all

  • @aderiski5544
    @aderiski5544 Год назад

    I've been frustating why my explorer not responding when I click This PC and affect everything in my computer.. thanks for the tutorial you're the best

  • @unais8105
    @unais8105 3 года назад +1

    i have been trying to fix this a lot of time now it fixed thanks bro very much

  • @tonyrob86
    @tonyrob86 Год назад

    The very last part worked for me on the preview and details pane.Thanks

  • @gabriellealvazquez6208
    @gabriellealvazquez6208 2 года назад +1

    Hopefully that will work... not sure because I have done some of this previously. This is driving me CRAZYYYYYY I am about to get a MAC if windows keep being so bad

  • @fretfrontier
    @fretfrontier Год назад

    You are wonderful! How did you figure all this out? Thank you for this video. On my pc it was the 'view/detail pane' I unchecked it and, and life has returned to normal. Thank you, thank you... thank you 🤩

  • @kyler1487
    @kyler1487 3 года назад

    When I try open option it says windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may not have the sppropiot permission to access them

  • @YetanotherAccount-fw8mw
    @YetanotherAccount-fw8mw 12 дней назад

    Turns out it was the pane all along.. thanks for the help

    • @GMODISM
      @GMODISM  День назад

      Glad it helped!

  • @SepiaMN
    @SepiaMN 3 года назад

    My issue was when I clicked open folder on chrome or in visual code, and I created new folder it’d freeze up. If you have this issue follow the file explorer options section.

  • @SoftStoneXD
    @SoftStoneXD Год назад

    I have this problem with file explorer app when I right click any file there it hangs

  • @andreibarroga3206
    @andreibarroga3206 4 года назад +2

    I just needed to restart my pc but thabks for the fixes!

  • @elitehunter604
    @elitehunter604 3 года назад

    After I add new file running nothing happens or it dod not show, how do I fix this?

  • @Jezuya
    @Jezuya 4 года назад

    My computer not full screen desktop bro. Your video is working but restart my PC issue is back :(

  • @iretihope22
    @iretihope22 6 дней назад

    yay thank you so much I couldn't even access my documents but thanks to you its resolved!!!

    • @GMODISM
      @GMODISM  5 дней назад

      Glad it helped!

  • @kevinmorales2599
    @kevinmorales2599 2 года назад

    2nd option worked for me! thanks man! I thought my laptop got viruses! may I know what causes this? thanks again! :)

  • @jorgereyes1358
    @jorgereyes1358 Год назад

    Thank you. This fixed the problem of my computer.

  • @rvbgowtham
    @rvbgowtham 3 года назад

    When i type explorer.exe in run new task windows shows
    "windows cannot find explorer.exe,make sure you typed the name correctly,and then try"
    Plz help me how to come out of it....

  • @stephennoronha2096
    @stephennoronha2096 3 года назад

    Thank You So Much. God Bless You. This has been very very very helpful and stress relieving

    • @GMODISM
      @GMODISM  3 года назад

      You are so welcome!

  • @SebastianGarcia-go4tx
    @SebastianGarcia-go4tx 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for this video !!!!

    • @GMODISM
      @GMODISM  2 года назад

      You are so welcome!

  • @IanSebryk
    @IanSebryk 4 месяца назад

    nope. i had to disable several services to stabilize Explorer. at its worst, it took 15mins to open a window. now it opens immediately. as it should.

  • @davidfernandez8913
    @davidfernandez8913 3 года назад

    it stops responding when I right click and I try to rename a folder its so stupid I've tried your steps it doesn't seem to work .

  • @shadowbeneaththecrown9993
    @shadowbeneaththecrown9993 3 года назад

    did nothing still crashes and cant use my 2nd hard drive ???

  • @Adam-vz8np
    @Adam-vz8np 3 года назад

    My explorer still crashes. It crashes as soon as I open it :(

  • @aceburn4880
    @aceburn4880 2 года назад +1

    Tysm dude. Saved my Time

    • @GMODISM
      @GMODISM  2 года назад

      No problem 👍

  • @eshepard14
    @eshepard14 4 месяца назад

    None of these worked, but I found the solution for me.
    Open File Explorer -> click view -> details pane
    Something about the preview pane causes the crash.

  • @fitrisyyn
    @fitrisyyn Год назад

    thanks god, it works when i tried second options. thank you for your explaining, but may i know what is the caused of the problem ? is it affected because of memory or anything ? please let me know . anw thank you so much, bless you xoxo

    • @GMODISM
      @GMODISM  Год назад

      It's mostly windows bugs, turn off preview in explorer and it should happen less often.

  • @TeatroMusical
    @TeatroMusical 3 года назад

    Thank you. It help my issue with windows explorer

  • @mudamudamudamuda8821
    @mudamudamudamuda8821 3 года назад

    none of these work help if i right click any files it will stuck on loading cursor help pls help

  • @westnug3191
    @westnug3191 2 года назад

    switching from quick access to pc fixed it for me

  • @3xcessive
    @3xcessive 3 года назад

    If anything says Very high restart it, that's what I did and mines is back

  • @caseyhuguez7133
    @caseyhuguez7133 2 года назад

    This video came in clutch
    Thank you!

    • @GMODISM
      @GMODISM  2 года назад

      Happy to help!

  • @errorsan9
    @errorsan9 3 года назад +1

    thank you so much!! i was so frustrated at this point lol

  • @tsunarun
    @tsunarun 3 года назад

    Thanks a lot for these tips, it works fine :)

  • @iarteh488
    @iarteh488 3 года назад

    whenever i try to open something in the file explorer it just loads forever and never actually open what i wanted to open in the file explorer

    • @colomakevinsangeban2521
      @colomakevinsangeban2521 3 года назад

      same i want to fix it too

    • @iarteh488
      @iarteh488 3 года назад

      @@colomakevinsangeban2521 i fixed the problem. Try installing an app from the microsoft store called " Files - Preview" it is a file explorer but better in a way and after that my other file explorer started working too

  • @bluegill5802
    @bluegill5802 2 года назад +1

    It worked thanks!!

    • @GMODISM
      @GMODISM  2 года назад

      Glad it helped

  • @nat-bx9ki
    @nat-bx9ki 3 года назад

    hey bro can you do that when you right click something on file explorer it takes FOREVER TO LOAD i have been waiting since 10 minutes and still has not loaded

    • @bushybrows5756
      @bushybrows5756 3 года назад

      Yes, I'm facing the same issue right now.

  • @noproblem-_-3757
    @noproblem-_-3757 3 года назад

    Hi, when ever i try to go to File Explorer Options and try to run it, it says i dont have the permmissions to do so, any fix?

  • @papatos7214
    @papatos7214 3 года назад

    thanks man! the file explorer option works for me

  • @TheAggie1973
    @TheAggie1973 3 года назад

    thank you so much. your advice fixed my problem.

  • @shynn2865
    @shynn2865 3 года назад

    Wheeler i open Explorer option an error message : You don’t have the permission

  • @greasyweesie36
    @greasyweesie36 2 года назад

    I've tried everything and it's to the point where it starts to lock up my computer when I open it or especially when I right click on any file

  • @philopateermoheb7162
    @philopateermoheb7162 2 года назад

    I doesn’t work for me
    When I create new task nothing created

  • @immortalgamer69
    @immortalgamer69 3 года назад

    Thank you so much, it fixed my all problems.

  • @crimcreminactive4316
    @crimcreminactive4316 3 года назад +1

    Epic! I owe you one buddy ✌️

  • @victorlim711
    @victorlim711 3 года назад +1

    Thank you so much its worked!

    • @GMODISM
      @GMODISM  3 года назад

      Glad it helped!

  • @eggerandjoelroblox225
    @eggerandjoelroblox225 4 года назад

    This not help :( I removed by file explorer in task bar now I can’t get it back I don’t know. What to do :(

  • @Light12343
    @Light12343 Год назад

    None help my search won’t work my windows key won’t open my wifi won’t open my sound won’t open my apps work so I don’t know what to do

  • @iamnatlina
    @iamnatlina 2 года назад

    I have issue of freeze blue circle at taskbar .... Please help me

  • @bhanuligaming2191
    @bhanuligaming2191 2 года назад

    bro wdym mean in sure to be unchecked i didnt got it can u tell me pls

  • @beholdone1
    @beholdone1 4 года назад

    excellent ! many thanks ! worked for me

  • @Zaharin
    @Zaharin 2 года назад +2

    Thank you so much!!!!!

  • @0_noah_076
    @0_noah_076 3 года назад +1

    works thx mate :D

  • @rokopolovic6921
    @rokopolovic6921 3 года назад

    I cannot right click on .zip folder in downloads and i cannot watch yt videos after this issue start happening

  • @askfaaz
    @askfaaz 4 года назад

    worked for me - excellent ! many thanks !!!

  • @dragisamisic6674
    @dragisamisic6674 3 года назад

    My explorer keeps restarting what do i do

  • @user-vb4mw9it9h
    @user-vb4mw9it9h 18 дней назад

    it keeps restarting explorer .exe by itself

  • @thefernofrommarsgaming4204
    @thefernofrommarsgaming4204 2 года назад

    Wouldn't expect gmodism to be text support

  • @armytaascellya
    @armytaascellya Год назад

    I should've come here sooner! Instead, I follow from the community page on microsoft with sfc /scannow and dism whatever. THANK YOU

  • @nimagamohamed1583
    @nimagamohamed1583 3 года назад

    it is not true because I have tried it on my lap top till nowthe problem it is not solved