Windows Performance Recorder - Debug Windows Explorer Task from boot until finaly available

Question

Hello,

i have a problem with explorer taking minutes to start after login.

As i can not find out the cause and "system integrity" if fine i want to monitor explorer.exe from PC start, over login until it becomes available.

With WPR i can capture the boot process but i wonder if it is able to limit the recording to the explorer.exe only so that i can analyse what is happening.

Any help with this issue?

Best wishes ...

Answer 1

Ich konnte dieses Problem und auch mein zweites ( https://answers.microsoft.com/de-de/windows/forum/all/windows-11-blind-spot-auf-dem-hauptmonitor-rechts/aac3a50d-5265-4c29-b33c-b0b7c79bc6c6 ) lösen, nachdem ich alle "*experience* apps vom Computer entfernt habe.

Bisher kann ich keine weiteren Probleme erkennen.

Danke Microsoft :-(

Answer 2

Hello Lynn Sun,

i checked one more thing and started the computer without network connection.

In this case the explorer was visible as i'd expect it directly after the login.

So i think there might be a problem with the connection of this device in intunes in my AAD environment?

But of course also there's many "hidden Microsoft Actions" that might need a connection to the network / internet on start.

As far as i can say after this test, the problem is not with some kind of corrupted files as than the problem should be the same without network.

Any help with this issue?

Best wishes ...

Answer 3

Hello Lynn Sun and thank you for responding.

System Health of this computer is fine - no problems, nothing to repair.

Deleting the cache and rebuilding the index did not solve the problem.

Still the same - the explorer task itself is started. This i can see in the "boot recordings" and .evt-files and Task Manager.

But it does not bring up it's interface so there's a desktop with icons on it but now taskbar.

I can start Task Manager and Performance Monitor (with Ctrl+Alt+Del) - it seems as explorer.exe has something to do. It's up to 8% CPU, that is "busy" on my computer (HP Z440 Worksation).

It seems to act in the area of the windows store apps (HD Activity).

What might be mentioned also - recently i onboarded this machine to my AAD Device management. But i did this with some others also and they do not show this behaviour. Only on computer (MS Surface) had this issue for a small time period nearly at the same time. But it was solved somehow automatically.

Very stange and still no solution in sight ...

Answer 4

Hi GünterKrembsler,

Welcome to the Microsoft Community.

It sounds like you'd like to debug the Windows Explorer task from boot until finally available via WPR to fix its slow start issue. I understand your mood. But as far as I know, the exception of recording at the same level is not feasible. Click here to learn more details.

The causes that may trigger the slow starting can be corrupted files or Windows index failure. So as a workaround, you can try the following solutions and see if they can fix the issue.

1. Clear File Explorer History.

Access File Explorer Options > Locate the Privacy section under the General tab > Uncheck Show recently used files in Quick access and Show frequently used folders in Quick access > Click on the Clear button and then click OK.

2. Scan and repair corrupted system files.

Press and hold Windows+X to run Windows PowerShell (Administrator) and run the following commands respectively in sequence:

SFC /SCANNOW

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth

DISM /Online /Cleanup-image /RestoreHealth

Allow the process to finish and see if it solves any problems. Restart the device later.

3. Rebuild the Windows Index

Select Start > Settings > Privacy & security > Select Searching Windows on the right pane > Click on Advanced indexing option > Select the Advanced button > Rebuild > Confirm to begin the rebuilding process.

We need to go through a series of steps to find the real cause of the problem. If the above steps do not solve your problem, please let me know and I will continue to assist you with the problem.

Best regards

| Lynn Sun Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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