Windows explorer stop working correctly after the last updates

Gregory · Nov 7, 2023

antspants said:
Give it time? I am not sure. But I have read i can do that.

Complete it.
I will restart the pc.

Gregory · Nov 7, 2023

No.
Same doesn't change anything at all

antspants · Nov 7, 2023

Gregory said:
No.
Same doesn't change anything at all

Well that’s disappointing. I am not sure what lse to advise other than uninstalling the last update, and if that doesnt work, uninstalling the next in line. OR, you can take the advice from @glasskuter in post #9 and run a repair install.

Gregory · Nov 7, 2023

I already try to uninstall the latest updates(Or these i remember it install last).
Still same.
And at safe boot the explorer work fine with toolbar. But at normal boot doesn't.

Any other ideas?

antspants · Nov 7, 2023

Gregory said:
I already try to uninstall the latest updates(Or these i remember it install last).
Still same.
And at safe boot the explorer work fine with toolbar. But at normal boot doesn't.

Any other ideas?

Not at this point, I’ll have to step aside for someone more knowledgable, which is 99.999% of the members here.

glasskuter · Nov 7, 2023

Gregory said:
And at safe boot the explorer work fine with toolbar. But at normal boot doesn't.

What about clean boot. Did you try that?

Gregory · Nov 8, 2023

Already do that and doesn't change anything at all.

Gregory · Nov 15, 2023

glasskuter said:
What about clean boot. Did you try that?

I try clean boot, doesn't change anything at all.
Only at safe boot it work normal the windows explorer toolbar.

glasskuter · Nov 15, 2023

As I see it, you have only 4 options to try.

If you can get into recovery options, you can attempt (1) a system restore if you have a viable restore point made before the issue began(this may or may not fix the problem), or (2) you can "reset and keep files' or a 'reset and remove everything'
( ways to get into recovery options are settings>system>recovery OR keep shift key held down during boot)

(3). Repair install. It keeps your files and apps. Repair Install Windows 11 with an In-place Upgrade Tutorial

(4). Clean install. It wipes everything clean and you start over with the out of box experience. Clean Install Windows 11 Tutorial

Personally, if I were in your situation, I would use option 3.

Gregory · Nov 24, 2023

I even try clean install at the same drive and the windows explorer still has the same issue(See 1st post picture).
How you explain that guys???

Is this possible even from clean install at same drive(erase all data) still has the same issue the windows explorer(Only at 23h2 not at 22h2)

Ghot · Nov 24, 2023

You might want to try this. I don't know if it will help, but it won't hurt anything...

Get ViVeTool-v0.3.3.zip here...

Releases · thebookisclosed/ViVe

C# library and console app for using new feature control APIs available in Windows 10 version 2004 and newer - thebookisclosed/ViVe

github.com

1. Create a folder called zVive on your C:\ drive (Windows drive)
2. Extract the contents of the ZIP file you just downloaded, to the new zVive folder.

In command Prompt (as Admin)..
cd C:\zVIVE

Then run this command...
vivetool /disable /id:40729001,37634385,36354489

Then reboot the computer to apply the changes.

This command is mainly to remove File Explorer "tabs".
But it also fixes a lot of things in File Explorer that got broken in 23H2.

Vivetool is just a tool that allows you to enable and disable things, that are very hard to enable or disable by any other method.

kelper · Nov 24, 2023

I had this issue a few weeks ago on my system 2. After many runs of SFC and DSIM the problem remained. A repair install fixed it. But now the problem has returned! On my very old system 2 a repair install takes more than 12 hours so I might just live with it.

Update: uninstalling the video drier and uninstalling the driver files has fixed it. The screen goes blank so you either have to force a shutdown with the power button or type blindly WIN+R C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe /r /t 0

I guess you could paste this from the clipboard if you had copied it in advance!

Gregory · Nov 24, 2023

Ghot said:
You might want to try this. I don't know if it will help, but it won't hurt anything...

Get ViVeTool-v0.3.3.zip here...

Releases · thebookisclosed/ViVe

C# library and console app for using new feature control APIs available in Windows 10 version 2004 and newer - thebookisclosed/ViVe

github.com

1. Create a folder called zVive on your C:\ drive (Windows drive)
2. Extract the contents of the ZIP file you just downloaded, to the new zVive folder.

In command Prompt (as Admin)..
cd C:\zVIVE

Then run this command...
vivetool /disable /id:40729001,37634385,36354489

Then reboot the computer to apply the changes.

This command is mainly to remove File Explorer "tabs".
But it also fixes a lot of things in File Explorer that got broken in 23H2.

Vivetool is just a tool that allows you to enable and disable things, that are very hard to enable or disable by any other method.

I try that.
I forgot to tell you that at windows explorer doesn't work right click so i can't create folder to.

So you tell me windows explorer has issues to other users except me at version 23h2?

Ghot · Nov 24, 2023

Gregory said:
I forgot to tell you that at windows explorer doesn't work right click so i can't create folder to.

Ok, then do this...

Create a folder on your desktop called zvive
Then extract the files in ViVeTool-v0.3.3.zip to that folder.

Then open a command prompt as Admin and run this command...
cd c:\Users\your user name\Desktop\zvive <--- substitute your user name in the command

Then run the command: vivetool /disable /id:40729001,37634385,36354489

Gregory · Nov 24, 2023

I make the command you tell me at first and WORKED. A lot of thanks
And after that work the right click to.

The windows explorer at 23h2 is faulty to other users to?
And what exactly this command/program do to windows explorer?

Ghot · Nov 24, 2023

Gregory said:
I make the command you tell me at first and WORKED. A lot of thanks
And after that work the right click to.

The windows explorer at 23h2 is faulty to other users to?

I've seen a lot of complaints.
It's not always the same problem.
For me it was a mysterious, desktop.ini file.

But, yeah... a lot of folks have or had, problems with the "new" File Explorer.

Gregory · Nov 24, 2023

So ms must release a patch for all these explorer issue with 23h2.
Correct?

The command you tell me to do at first what exactly do?

Ghot · Nov 24, 2023

Gregory said:
So ms must release a patch for all these explorer issue with 23h2.
Correct?

The command you tell me to do at first what exactly do?

I don't know what Microsoft will fix, or in what order they will fix things.

Vivetool just turns features ON or OFF.
The features are already on our computers. Some are ON, some are OFF.

Gregory · Dec 16, 2023

Ghot said:
Ok, then do this...

Create a folder on your desktop called zvive
Then extract the files in ViVeTool-v0.3.3.zip to that folder.

Then open a command prompt as Admin and run this command...
cd c:\Users\your user name\Desktop\zvive <--- substitute your user name in the command

Then run the command: vivetool /disable /id:40729001,37634385,36354489

The command to enable/reverse that tool is "vivetool /enable /id:40729001,37634385,36354489"?
I want to check if ms solve this issue?
I believe released some updates.

Ghot · Dec 16, 2023

Gregory said:
The command to enable/reverse that tool is "vivetool /enable /id:40729001,37634385,36354489"?
I want to check if ms solve this issue?
I believe released some updates.

Yep.
If the original command was disable, then run again with enable instead, to reverse.
Do the same for the opposite.