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Resolved Question

Windows Explorer Keeps Freezing

Aug 5, 2014 7:03PM PDT

When I right click in the downloads folder or try to open the Recycle Bin Explorer freezes and the blue circle appears unless I force quit the application. It only seems to happen in these two folders.

I downloaded Shell Extensions Manager and disabled all the applications not created by Microsoft and the problem still exists.

The one solution I did find was to create a new user and then the issue was resolved.

Any help would be very much appreciated!

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(NT) Did you try SAFE MODE too?
Aug 5, 2014 7:51PM PDT
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(NT) No i didnt but somehow the problem got resolved. Thanks
Aug 11, 2014 9:44AM PDT
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(NT) AT or ET. Aliens or ET technologists fixed it.
Aug 11, 2014 9:50AM PDT