Windows explorer closes when i open a folder

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Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit. Christopher M - IE. After upgrading from Windows 7 to 10, anytime I try to open file explorer it opens then immediately closes.

No matter the method used to invoke file explorer, it keeps closing. Not crashing like I keep finding others having. I can open Word or Excel and browse for a file that way just fine. It's been 24 hours since the upgrade completed and now I'm having this issue.

I wondering if there was an Update pushed that is causing this. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Andre Da Costa Volunteer Moderator. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

In reply to Andre Da Costa's post on November 13, In reply to OtakuHedgehog's post on November 13, Could you try performing a repair upgrade? Hope this helps, Good luck :. Which version of Windows 10 is installed?

What is the make and model of your computer? It could suggest you need to update your chipset drivers and BIOS. Make sure you are using the recommended setting for Screen and Layout and Screen Resolution. Big Green Man Mace. Thai Pepper. I had this on one computer. Searched around and couldn't find an answer so i upgraded them to the Anniversary update which seemed to have fixed it. Wish i could tell you why that issue happened. Are these on the Anniversary update or before?

This person is a verified professional. Frostyck This person is a verified professional. Drive mapping might have something to do with this. Are the drives automatically mapped? Or manually one by one? Teplcon Oct 6, at UTC. Sorry for the long wait getting back to this! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! There are no particular causes which seem to lead to this issue but there are various possible reasons such as a recent software or hardware upgrade might have a conflict with File Explorer, Windows 10 settings might get corrupted, system files might be damaged, malfunctioning of Shell Extensions etc.

Make sure to create a restore point just in case something goes wrong. Wait for the above process to finish and once done restart your PC. Again open cmd and type the following command and hit enter after each one:.

Now from the left-hand side menu double click on Windows Logs then select System. In the right window pane look for error with the red exclamation mark and once you find it, click on it. This will show you the details of the program or process causing the Explorer to crash. If the above app is the third party then make sure to uninstall it from Control Panel. It will take some time to generate a report in which you will find the root cause for the Explorer crashing issue.

Right-click on the cmd and select Run as Administrator. Make sure Startup Type is set to Disable and the service is not running, else click on Stop. Now type control in Windows Search then click on Control Panel from the search result. Open File Explorer then click View and then click on Options.

Type the following command into cmd one by one and hit Enter after each one:.