Explorer acting weird. Windows and files not showing up correctly

[Joshua277456]

It's like Windows can't find anything. Files sometimes don't open. Things are unresponsive. Thumbnails for a lot of files just aren't there.



All of this just started out of seemingly nowhere.



https://i.imgur.com/NCCkZT4.jpg

 

[Joshua277456]

I ran System File Checker in an elevated command prompt and it said it didn't find any integrity violations. I also ran Disk Checker in an elevated command prompt and it said everything was good:


https://i.imgur.com/zW3ziHO.png

 

[wither 2]

I've been accused of doing weird things at times.

First thing I would do is run a full system scan with your anti-virus software. Then, run malwarebytes.

Does that help?

 

[Paul Black]

Hi Joshua277456,

It's like Windows can't find anything. Files sometimes don't open. Things are unresponsive. Thumbnails for a lot of files just aren't there.

As wither 2 has suggested, download and run Malwarebytes [FREE] from here => Malwarebytes.


You could also run CHKDSK [Check Disk]. This is a Windows utility program for detecting and repairing any corruptions of the file system [FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS drives]. CHKDSK must be run from an elevated command prompt.

• Click Start.
• In the search box type cmd.
• Right-click the cmd icon from the search results under Programs and select Run as administrator.
• The elevated command prompt window will now open.

This one repairs errors on the disk and scans for bad sectors, it then attempts to repair or recover any readable information [implies /F]. Copy chkdsk C: /R [yes there are 2 spaces there] and Paste it [you need to use the mouse right-click and paste for this as CTRL+V doesn’t work] into the elevated command prompt window and press Enter - This does repair any file system errors or corruptions on drive C:\, provided that the disk isn’t in use. If the disk is in use [locked], CHKDSK displays a prompt that asks whether you want to schedule the disk to be checked the next time you restart the OS, click Yes to schedule this check and then Restart. After CHKDSK has completed, Windows should boot normally [possibly after a second auto-reboot].

 

[Paul Black]

Hi Joshua277456,

It's like Windows can't find anything. Files sometimes don't open. Things are unresponsive. Thumbnails for a lot of files just aren't there.

You could also try re-starting Windows Explorer. Open Windows Task Manager [Ctrl-Alt-Del], click the Processes tab, find and right-click explorer.exe, click End Process, click OK. Click File, click New Task (Run...), type explorer.exe in the box and click OK.