windows 11 file explorer getting slower and slower

[hazy nymph]

have you tried clearing the cache files?

• Select the three dots at the top of the window and choose Options.
• Choose the Clear button next to Clear File Explorer history.
• Close and reopen all your File Explorer windows.

Also might wanna check for updates

if that doesn't help maybe perform a sfc/ scannow command in CMD (running in admin mode)

[old girder]

i did clear the cache

[hazy nymph]

alright, then perform the sfc /scannow command in CMD

see if it finds anything, it should also automatically repair any faulty files it finds

[old girder]

does it scan all my files

[hazy nymph]

it scans your windows files

similar to a health scan

[old girder]

i have 7 million files

[hazy nymph]

it will only scan your system files

[old girder]

good

cmd took 2 minutes to open

[hazy nymph]

and replace corrupted ones with a cached copy that is located in a compressed folder at %WinDir%\System32\dllcache.
the %WinDir& placeholder represents the windows operating system folder. for example, C:\Windows

Dont close the Command prompt window until the verification is 100% complete, the scan results will be shown after the process is finished

[old girder]

how do i actually run it

[hazy nymph]

if you opend CMD in admininstravie mode, you just type "sfc /scannow"

[old girder]

its done

[hazy nymph]

now restart the pc, and see if it resolved the issue

[old girder]

i did restart

[hazy nymph]

this might be a dumb question. but did you restart. or did you turn it off and on again

[old girder]

restart

[hazy nymph]

alright, so I take it did not resolve the issue?

[old girder]

idk it randomly becomes slow

sometimes its ok sometimes it isnt so ill have to wait and see

[hazy nymph]

alright, give it some time

[old girder]

i need to update my bios at some point too

[hazy nymph]

at some point

[old girder]

because the current one has issues with termperatures on cpus

and doesnt support 5000 series amd

and when i get a job i wanna upgrade to a 5800x3d

[hazy nymph]

its possible, but first, get windows to work propper

[old girder]

aaand its slow again

windows key taking ages to respond

and pressing windows and e is not opening file explorer for a good 15 seconds

[hazy nymph]

alright, lets try to disk cleanup tool

[old girder]

which one

[hazy nymph]

the one you have installed windows on

so most likely the C drive

[old girder]

now what

[hazy nymph]

you select clean up system files

also you might wanna defragment your hard drive

[old girder]

what

[hazy nymph]

nevermind, you use a SSD.

thats only for HDD's mostly

[old girder]

do i select them all

[hazy nymph]

yea, I would

except for the optimisation files

[hazy nymph]

WTF

[old girder]

theres like 8 isos in there

[hazy nymph]

you never shift-del?

[old girder]

i do like once per mo

[hazy nymph]

everything I throw away 100% I always shift-del

[old girder]

i usually accidentally delete stuff

[hazy nymph]

still 20gb in just the bin is not great...

[old girder]

i dont put games on c drive its ok

[hazy nymph]

yea, don't put games on the same drive as your windows installation, you wanna keep that drive as clean as possible

[old girder]

i have 120gb of storage left on it

[hazy nymph]

that should be plenty

[old girder]

now 165gb

[hazy nymph]

Damm, thats a lot of trash

alright, now test if its going better

[old girder]

its still deleting

[hazy nymph]

.>

[old girder]

i dont wanna reinstall windows really

its done and just as slow

i have so much stuff on my hard drive maybe its that

5 1/2 million files

[hazy nymph]

shouldn't be

[old girder]

could it be anything to do with my network drives that arnt switched on

like its trying to connect or something

the network drives from my xbox

[hazy nymph]

its a possibility

[old girder]

i can disconnect them

[hazy nymph]

maybe do a windows restore

[old girder]

it feels like linux on a old hard drive right now

[hazy nymph]

yea, that's an oef

[old girder]

i think i might still have ubuntu on my computer

idk i might of deleted it

it feels faster so far

[hazy nymph]

thats a good sign

[old girder]

i think its fixed

weird how that was the problem

[hazy nymph]

not really, it comes back to the first solution giving

[old girder]

bit annoying because now its harder for me to access my dev files

[hazy nymph]

but et least its faster

can't have everything

[old girder]

its been a while and everything is fine @hazy nymph

so thats the problem fixed