windows 10, file explorer won't open

[mushies1337]

pretty self explanatory, the upgrade went beautifully but my file explorer "opens" but the window doesn't show up on my desktop. previews of it render, though.

any help?

 

(sorry for being part of the huge windows 10 problem flood in this subforum)

[jameshumphries47]

pretty self explanatory, the upgrade went beautifully but my file explorer "opens" but the window doesn't show up on my desktop. previews of it render, though.

any help?

 

(sorry for being part of the huge windows 10 problem flood in this subforum)

restart your pc, we need a sub area for windows 10 problems  

[Ceatra]

try alt tabbing, or restart your PC

[mushies1337]

try alt tabbing, or restart your PC

neither work, alt tab shows a preview render like i said but it doesn't show up on my desktop

[mushies1337]

restart your pc, we need a sub area for windows 10 problems

^^

and I've already restarted several times doing updates

[Ceatra]

^^

and I've already restarted several times doing updates

Shut down completly

[jameshumphries47]

^^

and I've already restarted several times doing updates

i can see this being another vista ...

[mushies1337]

Shut down completly

didn't work qq

[mushies1337]

didn't work qq

update, works on my admin account but not on my main account

[RH00D]

Did you have any apps like Classic Shell, Start8, or anything else that modifies explorer.exe before upgrading?

[buggy2k]

The problem is your display setthing switched to extend the display, it assume you have multiple display, so it's displaying file explore on 2nd display. To resolve this issue, go to display setting, advanced display setting, change the multiple display to show only on 1, apply.

[petejk]

Your advice was spot on buggy2k! I had just moved house, and had not connected my second display up. As soon as I did, and loaded Explorer, it popped straight up! I would never have put two and two together if it wasn't for your post, and was about ten minutes away from reinstalling Windows 10. Thankyou for saving me a lot of time!

[GoodBytes]

If you see the File explorer window, but the content is empty, it is because Windows is waiting for a drive to respond.

-> It could be a SATA driver issue. Make sure you install the latest SATA drivers for your SATA controller

-> It could be you have a maps networked drives that File Explorer can't connect to, so you have to wait for it to time out (if you have multiple of them, you'll need to wait longer)

-> A drive is not responding (faulty SATA cable, or not connected properly, or the drive is busted). This can also happen with USB external drives, and USB flash drives.

[marem749]

The problem is your display setthing switched to extend the display, it assume you have multiple display, so it's displaying file explore on 2nd display. To resolve this issue, go to display setting, advanced display setting, change the multiple display to show only on 1, apply.

[marem749]

Thank you dude it really worked for me