
You could sort the entries so that you'll have all non Microsoft shell extensions grouped together. It will let you view & disable shell extensions.Īfter you downloaded & executed it, ShelExView will show all shell extensions installed on your system.

To try and find if a 3rd party shell extension is causing your Windows Explorer to crash on certain actions, you'll need to download this handy (and free) utility: ShelExView. If you look careful at the picture on the right, you'll see several non-standard additions to the right-click menu: "Sacn with Microsoft Security Essentials", "Format Factory (F)", "Acronis Recovery" and others. Some 3rd party applications will add their own "action" to this menu, and this can cause problems.

These shell extensions are responsible for creating the options you'll see on the menu when you right-click a file using Windows Explorer. In a lot of cases, these errors are caused by 3rd party shell extensions that are not functioning properly. Mostly they go something like this: "When I right-click a file in Windows Explorer, I get a message that Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close" or "When I try to browse through the folders on my computer, I receive an error message that Windows Explorer needs to close." I get messages from people having problems with Windows Explorer crashes on a regular basis. If you want I can keep you updated, and let you know if I get a fix from this technician tomorrow.Troubleshooting Windows Explorer Errors A HelpWithWindows TechFile By: Arie Slob I have tried many troubleshooting techniques but all have failed, and the some aren't even able to open because they will not load just perform the blink action and I am back on my desktop.Īnyway I really don't know what to do, so I called the support line of Microsoft to see what was going on, after spending roughly 60 minutes on the phone with a level 1 technician, she found that any troubleshooting was futile and I have been referred to speak to a level 2 technician tomorrow, as she said the problem was "Complex" and "Was cause by files on the OS not performing correctly". I can access through "This PC" just fine, and search through my system drives "C and E" but when I go to a document or any other file location that is within the user location files it does the blink and everything is gone, leaving me on the desktop screen, wondering I am supposed to do about this. The problem that you have described matches my own perfectly, I try to open my windows start button and click the quick access button to "File Explorer" and it begins to load - eventually leading to a brief blink of the screen and everything looks the same but "File explorer" of course has failed to open or even remotely allowed access.

After reading through the problem that you are facing on your version of Windows 10 I can see that this is the exact same problem that I am facing, except on my computer I have only 1 account which is a administrator.
