If File Explorer isn't responding on your Windows machine, it can lead to headaches. Here are some solutions that might resolve the issue.

As Neowin reports, Microsoft recently released a non-security update for Windows 10 that includes a Windows Backup app and a new button in File Explorer for backing up files to OneDrive.

If File Explorer keeps restarting on your Windows 11/10 PC, modify the BannerStore registry key, disable suspicious shell extensions, run antivirus, etc.

If you don't like the default startup location of File Explorer, here's how to change it on Windows 11 version 22H2.

The bug affecting File Explorer in Windows 11 is a particularly annoying one. File Explorer isn’t an optional app for most day-to-day Windows users.