File Explorer Is Freezing Or Slow Context Menu , Lagging, And Not Opening In Windows 11

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Fix Windows 11 File Explorer Freezing, lagging
To address the issue of lagging and freezes in Windows 11 File Explorer, consider implementing the following solutions.

Restart File Explorer
Issues with the utility can be resolved by doing that.

1. Open task manager by Right- click the launch menu icon
2. Click on Windows Explorer on the Task Manager window and select renew

Disable or uninstall third party Antivirus software
Clear the File Explorer cache

Open control panel, by Clicking windows 11 start button and also type Control panel, double click on control panel in search result

Type” File” in search windows 11 and also click File Explorer Options

In the windows 11 File Explorer Options dialog box, go to the privacy section and click Clear and also click OK and apply

To fix windows 11 File Explorer Freezing Issue Perform an SFC Scan
To open the Terminal with administrative privileges, you can right-click on the Windows 11 Start icon and select “Terminal (admin)”
To initiate the checkup process, please open the terminal window and ...
... type in “sfc/ scan now” followed by pressing the enter key. Please remain patient and do not close the terminal window until the checkup process has been completed.
If you receive the message “Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them” while performing an SFC scan in the terminal window, then you should follow the steps provided in the same terminal window.

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