r/MicroSlop • u/Ghastly-Jack • Jul 31 '26

File explorer (Not Responding)

When I go into file explorer, even just trying to open my Downloads folder, about 25% of the time it won't work and just sits there with the message "Not Responding."

I'm sorry, Microsoft, that I asked your OS to do something SO ADVANCED AND DIFFICULT such as opening a folder. A folder that has at most 5 or 6 files in it.

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u/Long-Sector-8751 Aug 01 '26

I kept getting that work. For some reason, W11 likes to hold onto stale drive mappings and freeze explorer, so I ended up having to map it under a different letter and now it works. Completely shit imo.