warinthestars
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I am running Windows 8.1x64 on an HP DV6 laptop with 8GB RAM & 720GB HDD. Sys Specs - Imgur
Every time I try to open the "Computer" folder (formerly "My Computer,") the window shows that it's loading for a very long time. It'll eventually come up and show me what drives are mounted. This has been going on since about July 2013. At that time my computer was running Win 7, I upgraded to Win 8 when it was released, and recently Win 8.1.
Here is a visual: Computer - Imgur
It will eventually show it's contents, but after 5-15 minutes of sitting in a hang.
Everything else works fine, I can open any folder and it won't do this. It only does it when I try to go into the "This PC" folder.
Here is what I was able to view in event viewer right after the hang imgur: the simple image sharer
The only useful information in the details tab is that it was Explorer.exe at C:\Windows\Explorer.exe
Short of doing a clean install, is there something I can do to fix this?
Every time I try to open the "Computer" folder (formerly "My Computer,") the window shows that it's loading for a very long time. It'll eventually come up and show me what drives are mounted. This has been going on since about July 2013. At that time my computer was running Win 7, I upgraded to Win 8 when it was released, and recently Win 8.1.
Here is a visual: Computer - Imgur
It will eventually show it's contents, but after 5-15 minutes of sitting in a hang.
Everything else works fine, I can open any folder and it won't do this. It only does it when I try to go into the "This PC" folder.
Here is what I was able to view in event viewer right after the hang imgur: the simple image sharer
The only useful information in the details tab is that it was Explorer.exe at C:\Windows\Explorer.exe
Short of doing a clean install, is there something I can do to fix this?
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1