Fix: File Explorer Crashing After Right Click On Desktop in Windows 10

Windows Troubleshooting
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I did this and disabling all of the pink extensions caused the program to freeze. last second i managed to enable them again but the whole thing froze and was unusable

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To me it was NVidia, after updating my GPU drivers the problem was gone

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have you found the culprit?

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yep same here

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same here

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i have the same problem as you, right click and then New, it crashes. I hope you can find the culprit so that I can fix mine as well.

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I’ve tried disabling all 3rd party extensions Context Menu extensions as described yet Windows Explorer still crashes EVERY time I Right-Click and select New. I can select other options in the Right-Click menu like View and Sort By but not New… Anybody else have this problem??

If I find the culprit I’ll chime in again to let y’all know.

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I encountered the same issue with my Asus laptop, and the culprit was also the app Convert to PDF from Foxit Software. I uninstalled the app for good as well.

Thank you so much, Kevin! Your solution works a hundred percent on my case!

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Thanks a lot… Have been searching for the solution for days… U r a life saver :slight_smile:

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I uninstalled Steam and now I can right click without Explorer crashing.

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“Launch ShellExView by right-clicking on the application” But I can’t right click?

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Awesome, I had this issue with brand new laptop and brand new Windows 10. By right clicking in windows explorer, especially in Dropbox folder explorer was crashing. This solved my problem. Thx a lot!

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You saved my butt big time!!
Your procedures were straightforward, easy to follow, and fixed the problem quickly.
Thanks!!