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I have no idea why this happens but my explorer is lagging all of sudden. I have attached a video that shows how there's lag when trying to select folders but this is only one example. Opening folders also lags and takes time. Images and videos also take a bit longer than usual to show the thumbnails. I know that it isn't only one of my hard drives because both of my drives in my system have the same issue. I just need to this to be solved because it's kinda annoying me...

 

"May your frame rates be high and your temperatures low"

I misread titles/posts way too often--correct me if I don't.

 

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Just now, Jasun said:

I have no idea why this happens but my explorer is lagging all of sudden. I have attached a video that shows how there's lag when trying to select folders but this is only one example. Opening folders also lags and takes time. Images and videos also take a bit longer than usual to show the thumbnails. I know that it isn't only one of my hard drives because both of my drives in my system have the same issue. I just need to this to be solved because it's kinda annoying me...

 

 

Check task manager and see if something is taking all of your resources. Also, are you running a stress test?

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Just now, Shyam Ganapathy said:

Check task manager and see if something is taking all of your resources. Also, are you running a stress test?

That was one of the first things that I checked when this problem occurred but nothing out of the ordinary is affecting the CPU. 

 

Secondly, I am not running any sort of stress test in the background.

"May your frame rates be high and your temperatures low"

I misread titles/posts way too often--correct me if I don't.

 

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That was one of the first things that I checked when this problem occurred but nothing out of the ordinary is affecting the CPU. 

 

Secondly, I am not running any sort of stress test in the background.

Very weird. Did you change any system settings that might have resulted in this happening? Also, is it only windows explorer?

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Just now, Shyam Ganapathy said:

Very weird. Did you change any system settings that might have resulted in this happening? Also, is it only windows explorer?

The problem is only in explorer but I did change some settings in regedit but all the changes were reverted back so I have no idea why this popped up...

"May your frame rates be high and your temperatures low"

I misread titles/posts way too often--correct me if I don't.

 

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Just now, Shyam Ganapathy said:

Did you try a restart? Maybe try a power cycle also.

I've tried restarting but I'll try it again right now.

"May your frame rates be high and your temperatures low"

I misread titles/posts way too often--correct me if I don't.

 

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5 minutes ago, Shyam Ganapathy said:

Did you try a restart? Maybe try a power cycle also.

Nope, even reset CMOS but nothing.

"May your frame rates be high and your temperatures low"

I misread titles/posts way too often--correct me if I don't.

 

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