

In the meantime, keep Windows fully updated. My personal favourite is Altap Salamander, but this is a matter of How to Restart explorer.exe Process in Windows 10.Ī better solution might be to use an Explorer alternative.įor a plethora of choices see the articleġ4 Alternative File Managers To Replace Windows 10 File Explorer. If the lag is gone in full-screen mode, then you are a victim ofĪ temporary solution is to restart Explorer therefore returning to the This will return the interface to classical Windows 10,Īnd will especially remove the Command bar and liberate its memory. The test for this is to use Explorer in full-screen mode by pressingį11. The new Command bar in Explorer is leaking memory furiously andĬauses explorer to slow down progressively as time passes and more You are experiencing a known bug in the new user interface of

When I exit full-screen, lag comes again and becomes noticeable. The only lag (in full-screen) is when naming files/folders, it takes ~3 seconds after I hit Enter to set a new name for a file/folder and be able to use File explorer in other tasks again (because it become ~ freezing during these 3 seconds). In full-screen (by pressing F11), lag in displaying files/folders while navigating is magically ~none. I have my Windows 11 installed as a fresh copy (not an upgrade) for 4 months now. I'm currently using the latest Windows 11 version 22000.593 (released ) with no new available updates not installed yet. Also, when I navigate or create new files/folders on VSCode's File Explorer, it responds instantly with no slowness problems seen in File Explorer.

I think there's no problem in my storage drive (pretty new internal SSD storage, with SATA connection). It takes somehow 5+ seconds in order to respond to any action. File Explorer on my Windows 11 machine is somehow slow when I try to:
