Windows Explorer randomly opening new windows


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Hi there
I have been having this issue for a while but it's getting more annoying.
Every so often, I will have a new instance of File Explorer just randomly open. I have walked away from my PC to come back and find 6 new File Explorer windows open.
It also randomly happens when I alt + tab.
I have run SFC and DISM and can't for the life of me figure it out.

Any help would be great.
Thanks
 
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Windows 11 22H2 22621.1992

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File explorer stealing focus has been reported by various users both across the web and in the feedback hub ever since 22H2 was released. A simple web search will give a lot of suggestions, but for those it happens to, they do not seem to work. Some have been able to get rid of it by disabling autoplay, Control Panel>Autoplay>uncheck use autoplay for all media and devices, but overall it is considered to be a bug in Wiindows. MS has addressed it as being an issue in insider builds, but the problem keeps coming back for some people both using insider and release versions. 23H2 is just over the horizon. Hopefully it will fix it for everyone.
 

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Thanks, I'll give that a try. I looked at the one that said disable the Shortcut key(Win+E) but I use that a lot when I want to start explorer so I didn't. Let's hope that 23H2 fixes this.
 

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Windows 11Intel i7 13700K32GB Kingston Fury 5600MHzMSI Geforce RTX 4080
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Windows 11
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PC/Desktop
CPU
Intel i7 13700K
Motherboard
ASUS ROG STRIX Z790-F
Memory
32GB Kingston Fury 5600MHz
Graphics Card(s)
MSI Geforce RTX 4080
Hard Drives
1TB Kingston KC3000
2TB Kingston KC3000
4TB Crucial P3 Plus
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Cooler Master MWE Gold V2 1250w
Case
be quiet Dark Base Pro 900 rev 2
Cooling
NZXT Kraken X73
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