File Explorer Will Not Open in Windows 11/10 FIX [Tutorial]
81File Explorer Will Not Open in Windows 11/10 FIX [Tutorial]
When File Explorer crashes or freezes, in Windows 11/10, it is a major issue – mainly because the File Explorer has almost all the usable data. At times, it doesn’t display the option, when the user tries to launch explorer.exe to open some files. Some users have experienced the issue that Windows File Explorer just will not open when they click on its icon.
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Windows 10, like all other versions of the Windows Operating System, has its fair share of different bugs and issues, some of which affect users more than others. One specific Windows 10 bug that has managed to agitate the living hell out of Windows 10 users who have had the displeasure of being met with it is a bug that causes the File Explorer in Windows 10 to simply refuse to open regardless of what method you use to try and open it. In such cases, whether the user double-clicked on a folder on their Desktop or tried to launch the File Explorer by opening it directly, File Explorer would not launch.
In some – but not all – cases, when the user opened File Explorer, their screen would go black for about a second but would then return to its original state with no other change being observed and File Explorer still not opening. Users who suffered from this issue reported that they were unsuccessful at fixing it by simply restarting their computers. A bit of research into this problem at the hands of mundane Windows 10 users uncovered the fact that this issue is actually caused by the size of text, apps and other items being set to a value that Windows 10’s File Explorer could not possibly handle, leading to it refusing to even open successfully. There may be other reasons for this issue so you should follow everything in the sequence below.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Alienware, Razer, MSI, Huawei , Microsoft Surface, and Samsung.