{"id":2697,"date":"2016-11-08T10:56:25","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T15:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.extrafudge.com\/?p=2697"},"modified":"2017-07-18T10:38:43","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T14:38:43","slug":"file-explorer-crashes-immediately-after-opening-or-after-accessing-certain-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.extrafudge.com\/site\/2016\/11\/file-explorer-crashes-immediately-after-opening-or-after-accessing-certain-files\/","title":{"rendered":"File Explorer Crashes immediately after opening or after accessing certain files."},"content":{"rendered":"

This has been driving me nuts. \u00a0 I’m positive that there is a bug in windows 10 that Microsoft needs to fix. \u00a0(At lease notify the user and not crash)<\/p>\n

ok so if file explorer crashes immediately \u00a0after you open it, then you need to click the start menu and type File Explorer Options (It will pop up as you type)<\/p>\n

After you open it you need to clear the File explorer history Cache.<\/p>\n

The 2nd problem I found that was caused by very long file names and directories. \u00a0Once the file structure passes a 260 Character ([drive][:][path][null] = 260)<\/p>\n

The problem is you get no error, file explorer just crashes and it’s very hard to diagnose.<\/p>\n

There is an option that i haven’t check that will use long file paths:<\/p>\n

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  1. Open Group Policy Editor (Press Windows Key and type gpedit.msc <\/em>and hit Enter <\/em>key.<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. Navigate to the following directory: \u00a0 \u00a0Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Filesystem > NTFS<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  3. Click \u00a0Enable NTFS long paths<\/em> option and enable it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Let me know if this worked…<\/p>\n

    Hope this helped.<\/p>\n

    If this helped you, \u00a0consider buying me coffee!<\/a> \u00a0 Thanks! \u00a0Thanks in advance!<\/p>\n

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