Windows 11 Explorer crashing frequently when taskbar is on multiple monitors

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Windows 11 Explorer crashing frequently when taskbar is on multiple monitors

James Edmonds 831

Hi,

Anyone else have issues in Windows 11 with explorer repeatedly and frequently crashing when their taskbar is set to display on multiple monitors?

On a Dell Latitude 5510. Drivers are all up to date.
Going to try sfc and dism etc. but this is driving me insane!

Many thanks
James

BDmy 16 Reputation points

2022-04-13T15:48:03.877+00:00

Hi, just a support for this problem. I have que same issue, I suppose, on Dell Inspiron 7591, with Windows 11 Insider.

The process explorer.exe freeze untill it restarts alone or when I force it to restart.

This problem occurs only when I extend the desckop on 2 monitors, but unfortunatly each time I do it.

The DPI scaling set to 100% for both.

When I'm reading James' experience, I'd like to avoid any reset to fix this issue.
Spencer F 6 Reputation points

2022-04-27T19:38:23.56+00:00

Has anyone found a solution to this that doesn't involve removing the taskbar from all monitors?
James Edmonds 831 Reputation points

2022-04-28T09:07:55.697+00:00

I'm just waiting for the next big feature update/CU for Windows 11, along with Dell/Intel display drivers, and will then try again to see if any of those fix the issue.
Otherwise, I am getting by with taskbar on only one monitor (frustrating, but less so than frequent explorer crashes).

Cheers
James
James Edmonds 831 Reputation points

2022-05-16T15:33:29.397+00:00

Has Microsoft acknowledged this to be a known issue?
Would really like to see this resolved so I can resume having my taskbar on multiple monitors!

The whole taskbar situation in Windows 11 is a broken nightmarish mess!

Cheers
James
JBond 11 Reputation points

2022-05-23T02:24:32.883+00:00

I am seeing the same issue with windows 11 21H2 22000.675

I hope there is a fix soon.
Guillaume JACTAT 11 Reputation points

2022-05-31T16:57:06.337+00:00

Same problem here. I disabled the taskbar display on my external screen but it's not very convenient.
I hope this problem will be solved soon.
James Edmonds 831 Reputation points

2022-07-29T21:37:49.95+00:00

Anyone been able to report to Microsoft or found any more permanent solution to this?
17095811 1 Reputation point

2022-08-17T09:23:02.67+00:00

Same issue over here.
Month old Surface Laptop Studio.

Explorer crashes like 10 times in a row making my 3 monitors compleetly black and then it comes back.
After that it stops for a long while, not sure if it comes back.
Started to happen a week or 2 weeks ago.

Show taskbar on all displays was on. I turned it off, but can't confirm yet of that helps.

Het proces Beheer van bureaubladvensters is afgesloten. (Afsluitcode van proces: 0xc0000409, aantal keren opnieuw starten: 1, id primair beeldscherm: Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics)

Naam van toepassing met fout: dwm.exe, versie: 10.0.22621.436, tijdstempel: 0x8783b131
Naam van module met fout: ntdll.dll, versie: 10.0.22621.440, tijdstempel: 0x122ad441
Uitzonderingscode: 0xc0000409
Foutmarge: 0x000000000008ea9f
Id van proces met fout: 0x0x8958
Starttijd van toepassing met fout: 0x0x1D8B20E5836FEDD
Pad naar toepassing met fout: C:\WINDOWS\system32\dwm.exe
Pad naar module met fout: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
Rapport-id: 5b0b7542-6439-412b-b2c1-88a6f90d6b4a
Volledige pakketnaam met fout:
Relatieve toepassings-id van pakket met fout:

Starttijd van toepassing met fout: 0x0x1D8B20ED3FD64DD
Pad naar toepassing met fout: C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe
Pad naar module met fout: C:\WINDOWS\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.Core_cw5n1h2txyewy\Taskbar.View.dll
Rapport-id: 4d6d62d2-1a07-44b0-9f37-1c2c6206e27b
Volledige pakketnaam met fout:
Relatieve toepassings-id van pakket met fout:
17095811 1 Reputation point

2022-08-17T09:23:20+00:00

Same issue over here.
Month old Surface Laptop Studio.

Explorer crashes like 10 times in a row making my 3 monitors compleetly black and then it comes back.
After that it stops for a long while, not sure if it comes back.
Started to happen a week or 2 weeks ago.

Show taskbar on all displays was on. I turned it off, but can't confirm yet of that helps.

Het proces Beheer van bureaubladvensters is afgesloten. (Afsluitcode van proces: 0xc0000409, aantal keren opnieuw starten: 1, id primair beeldscherm: Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics)

Naam van toepassing met fout: dwm.exe, versie: 10.0.22621.436, tijdstempel: 0x8783b131
Naam van module met fout: ntdll.dll, versie: 10.0.22621.440, tijdstempel: 0x122ad441
Uitzonderingscode: 0xc0000409
Foutmarge: 0x000000000008ea9f
Id van proces met fout: 0x0x8958
Starttijd van toepassing met fout: 0x0x1D8B20E5836FEDD
Pad naar toepassing met fout: C:\WINDOWS\system32\dwm.exe
Pad naar module met fout: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
Rapport-id: 5b0b7542-6439-412b-b2c1-88a6f90d6b4a
Volledige pakketnaam met fout:
Relatieve toepassings-id van pakket met fout:

Starttijd van toepassing met fout: 0x0x1D8B20ED3FD64DD
Pad naar toepassing met fout: C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe
Pad naar module met fout: C:\WINDOWS\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.Core_cw5n1h2txyewy\Taskbar.View.dll
Rapport-id: 4d6d62d2-1a07-44b0-9f37-1c2c6206e27b
Volledige pakketnaam met fout:
Relatieve toepassings-id van pakket met fout:
James Edmonds 831 Reputation points

2022-09-29T10:21:26.103+00:00

Well, even with the 22H2 update installed, I still seem to have this issue.
Explorer crashed twice in quick succession immediately after login after completing this update.

I'll monitor to see if it persists, but not feeling confident.

James
James Edmonds 831 Reputation points

2022-10-26T14:48:43.787+00:00

Has improved greatly since last posting and being on 22H2 for a while.
Can anyone else having the issue confirm if 22H2 has helped in their cases too?

Regards
James
David W 0 Reputation points

2023-02-08T06:45:11.12+00:00

I'm also having a similar issue. I am using Win10 pro, but behavior is still the same. When I have taskbar on all displays, if I select the windows button on the taskbar on any display other than the primary, explorer.exe goes to high cpu usage and memory usage just keeps climbing until I kill the process in taskmanager (I usually allow it to get to about 16GB before I kill it.) Before I kill the process, I can't select the windows button in task bar on primary display either. If I have taskbar only on primary explorer.exe is hardly used and system runs smoothly. This is also a fairly new issue, as I've had my 4 monitor setup since January '22 with no issues.
Ryan Egan 0 Reputation points

2023-04-13T02:35:09.7166667+00:00

This is happening to me every single time I lock/unlock my computer. I have to wait up to a minute or two for explorer to figure its sh*t out until it crashes and restarts. Using Win11 with (2) 4K monitors.
AMAMSNL 0 Reputation points

2024-04-03T16:43:08.25+00:00

Edition Windows 11 Pro

Version 23H2

Installed on ‎21/‎03/‎2024 (in place repair 2X)

OS build 22631.3296

Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22687.1000.0

Processor 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-11900H @ 2.50GHz 2.50 GHz

Installed RAM 32,0 GB (31,7 GB usable)

System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display.

Have similar problem not on an extra screen. System is running very unreliable.

A great deal of apps launched from the taskbar (or right click windows start button) crash and restore or don't open at all such as:

Windows Explorer, Settings, Device manager, Disk Management etc....

While other apps like outlook or teams also connected to taskbar open as expected.

Apps that are problematic to open or dont open at all from taskbar will open normally when opened from another location.

Have tried DSIM/SFC, in place repair win 11, replacing C++ redistributions, updating drivers, minimizing services, processes etc... nothing helps.

Help problem is driving me mad!!!

6 answers

Your answer

BDmy 16 Reputation points

2022-04-13T15:48:03.877+00:00

Hi, just a support for this problem. I have que same issue, I suppose, on Dell Inspiron 7591, with Windows 11 Insider.

The process explorer.exe freeze untill it restarts alone or when I force it to restart.

This problem occurs only when I extend the desckop on 2 monitors, but unfortunatly each time I do it.

The DPI scaling set to 100% for both.

When I'm reading James' experience, I'd like to avoid any reset to fix this issue.
Spencer F 6 Reputation points

2022-04-27T19:38:23.56+00:00

Has anyone found a solution to this that doesn't involve removing the taskbar from all monitors?
James Edmonds 831 Reputation points

2022-04-28T09:07:55.697+00:00

I'm just waiting for the next big feature update/CU for Windows 11, along with Dell/Intel display drivers, and will then try again to see if any of those fix the issue.
Otherwise, I am getting by with taskbar on only one monitor (frustrating, but less so than frequent explorer crashes).

Cheers
James
James Edmonds 831 Reputation points

2022-05-16T15:33:29.397+00:00

Has Microsoft acknowledged this to be a known issue?
Would really like to see this resolved so I can resume having my taskbar on multiple monitors!

The whole taskbar situation in Windows 11 is a broken nightmarish mess!

Cheers
James
JBond 11 Reputation points

2022-05-23T02:24:32.883+00:00

I am seeing the same issue with windows 11 21H2 22000.675

I hope there is a fix soon.
Guillaume JACTAT 11 Reputation points

2022-05-31T16:57:06.337+00:00

Same problem here. I disabled the taskbar display on my external screen but it's not very convenient.
I hope this problem will be solved soon.
James Edmonds 831 Reputation points

2022-07-29T21:37:49.95+00:00

Anyone been able to report to Microsoft or found any more permanent solution to this?
17095811 1 Reputation point

2022-08-17T09:23:02.67+00:00

Same issue over here.
Month old Surface Laptop Studio.

Explorer crashes like 10 times in a row making my 3 monitors compleetly black and then it comes back.
After that it stops for a long while, not sure if it comes back.
Started to happen a week or 2 weeks ago.

Show taskbar on all displays was on. I turned it off, but can't confirm yet of that helps.

Het proces Beheer van bureaubladvensters is afgesloten. (Afsluitcode van proces: 0xc0000409, aantal keren opnieuw starten: 1, id primair beeldscherm: Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics)

Naam van toepassing met fout: dwm.exe, versie: 10.0.22621.436, tijdstempel: 0x8783b131
Naam van module met fout: ntdll.dll, versie: 10.0.22621.440, tijdstempel: 0x122ad441
Uitzonderingscode: 0xc0000409
Foutmarge: 0x000000000008ea9f
Id van proces met fout: 0x0x8958
Starttijd van toepassing met fout: 0x0x1D8B20E5836FEDD
Pad naar toepassing met fout: C:\WINDOWS\system32\dwm.exe
Pad naar module met fout: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
Rapport-id: 5b0b7542-6439-412b-b2c1-88a6f90d6b4a
Volledige pakketnaam met fout:
Relatieve toepassings-id van pakket met fout:

Starttijd van toepassing met fout: 0x0x1D8B20ED3FD64DD
Pad naar toepassing met fout: C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe
Pad naar module met fout: C:\WINDOWS\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.Core_cw5n1h2txyewy\Taskbar.View.dll
Rapport-id: 4d6d62d2-1a07-44b0-9f37-1c2c6206e27b
Volledige pakketnaam met fout:
Relatieve toepassings-id van pakket met fout:
17095811 1 Reputation point

2022-08-17T09:23:20+00:00

Same issue over here.
Month old Surface Laptop Studio.

Explorer crashes like 10 times in a row making my 3 monitors compleetly black and then it comes back.
After that it stops for a long while, not sure if it comes back.
Started to happen a week or 2 weeks ago.

Show taskbar on all displays was on. I turned it off, but can't confirm yet of that helps.

Het proces Beheer van bureaubladvensters is afgesloten. (Afsluitcode van proces: 0xc0000409, aantal keren opnieuw starten: 1, id primair beeldscherm: Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics)

Naam van toepassing met fout: dwm.exe, versie: 10.0.22621.436, tijdstempel: 0x8783b131
Naam van module met fout: ntdll.dll, versie: 10.0.22621.440, tijdstempel: 0x122ad441
Uitzonderingscode: 0xc0000409
Foutmarge: 0x000000000008ea9f
Id van proces met fout: 0x0x8958
Starttijd van toepassing met fout: 0x0x1D8B20E5836FEDD
Pad naar toepassing met fout: C:\WINDOWS\system32\dwm.exe
Pad naar module met fout: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
Rapport-id: 5b0b7542-6439-412b-b2c1-88a6f90d6b4a
Volledige pakketnaam met fout:
Relatieve toepassings-id van pakket met fout:

Starttijd van toepassing met fout: 0x0x1D8B20ED3FD64DD
Pad naar toepassing met fout: C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe
Pad naar module met fout: C:\WINDOWS\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.Core_cw5n1h2txyewy\Taskbar.View.dll
Rapport-id: 4d6d62d2-1a07-44b0-9f37-1c2c6206e27b
Volledige pakketnaam met fout:
Relatieve toepassings-id van pakket met fout:
James Edmonds 831 Reputation points

2022-09-29T10:21:26.103+00:00

Well, even with the 22H2 update installed, I still seem to have this issue.
Explorer crashed twice in quick succession immediately after login after completing this update.

I'll monitor to see if it persists, but not feeling confident.

James
James Edmonds 831 Reputation points

2022-10-26T14:48:43.787+00:00

Has improved greatly since last posting and being on 22H2 for a while.
Can anyone else having the issue confirm if 22H2 has helped in their cases too?

Regards
James
David W 0 Reputation points

2023-02-08T06:45:11.12+00:00

I'm also having a similar issue. I am using Win10 pro, but behavior is still the same. When I have taskbar on all displays, if I select the windows button on the taskbar on any display other than the primary, explorer.exe goes to high cpu usage and memory usage just keeps climbing until I kill the process in taskmanager (I usually allow it to get to about 16GB before I kill it.) Before I kill the process, I can't select the windows button in task bar on primary display either. If I have taskbar only on primary explorer.exe is hardly used and system runs smoothly. This is also a fairly new issue, as I've had my 4 monitor setup since January '22 with no issues.
Ryan Egan 0 Reputation points

2023-04-13T02:35:09.7166667+00:00

This is happening to me every single time I lock/unlock my computer. I have to wait up to a minute or two for explorer to figure its sh*t out until it crashes and restarts. Using Win11 with (2) 4K monitors.
AMAMSNL 0 Reputation points

2024-04-03T16:43:08.25+00:00

Edition Windows 11 Pro

Version 23H2

Installed on ‎21/‎03/‎2024 (in place repair 2X)

OS build 22631.3296

Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22687.1000.0

Processor 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-11900H @ 2.50GHz 2.50 GHz

Installed RAM 32,0 GB (31,7 GB usable)

System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display.

Have similar problem not on an extra screen. System is running very unreliable.

A great deal of apps launched from the taskbar (or right click windows start button) crash and restore or don't open at all such as:

Windows Explorer, Settings, Device manager, Disk Management etc....

While other apps like outlook or teams also connected to taskbar open as expected.

Apps that are problematic to open or dont open at all from taskbar will open normally when opened from another location.

Have tried DSIM/SFC, in place repair win 11, replacing C++ redistributions, updating drivers, minimizing services, processes etc... nothing helps.

Help problem is driving me mad!!!

Answer 1

bjro 6

Yeah, I found a fix for this. Right-click on taskbar -> Taskbar settings -> Taskbar Behaviours -> uncheck "show my taskbar on all displays". Tadaa. Enjoy crash-free Windows 11 on multiple monitors.

BDmy 16 Reputation points

2022-04-14T07:51:32.367+00:00

Yes, right ! I found this solution just after posted my previous message ! Thanks
James Edmonds 831 Reputation points

2022-04-14T08:21:05.58+00:00

My issue is that this isn't a solution, it's a workaround.
Something about it running on multiple monitors is obviously causing problems, and I for one would very much like to fix it so I can have the taskbar on multiple monitors, just as I did without issue on Windows 11.
Joe P 5 Reputation points

2025-02-02T13:42:47.51+00:00

This work around didn't work for me.

Answer 2

Joe P 5

I have found a solution / workaround that works for me and that might be acceptable to most users until, MS resolves the problem.

Turn off the "Snap Windows" feature. It can quickly be found by opening "Settings". On the left panel, select "System". Select "Multitasking". Toggle off, "Snap Windows". Please let me know if this works.

WarrenS-1841 0 Reputation points

2025-03-30T04:27:47.3166667+00:00

I have been experiencing the frequent explorer crashing, but only with a single screen on a laptop. I have also only started seeing this problem in the last month. This thread has been going since 2022. The suggestion to to disable multi-tasking seems to provide a workaround, and clues to others workarounds

I am only affected by one application (an old unsupported one, Microsoft Money), and only when I use it split screen. So this would be similar to a multimonitor setup. There seem to be multiple factors involved.

Turning off the multi-tasking setting as suggested seems to stop the repeated crashing, but I am still having trouble producing the crash on demand all the time. It has not happened with multi-tasking switched off, but my impressions of this are a bit confused because sometimes I turn it off or on, and then look back a while later after not getting the expected results while trying to tie this down, I am finding the setting has reverted (so the original change did not take).

When using Money, switching between apps while using split screen views, as setup by the multi-tasking feature can result in cyclic crashing of the Windows Explorer process. Bringing a normally windowed app (not sized by snapping) to the foreground stops the crash cycle. The normally windowed app can be almost anything that is not snapped to a zone, so manually resized, or just maximised.

Crashes seem to be most frequently initiated by task switching (alt-tab or using the mouse to do so, sometimes even just mousing over another window), but other times it just starts while using a single app in split view (where Money is snaped to one side).

So at this stage, my workaround is to either use Money full screen only, or avoid snapping Money to a side of the screen while multi-tasking is still enabled. Resizing Money after snapping to a side also seems to work as a workaround.

I hope this level of detail helps others to isolate the causes of their specific issues, and maybe up the priority for a fix as well, it is very annoying.

Are other people seeing this sort of issue seeing with only inbuilt Windows applications, or only involving old applications? Money I think is custom drawing the window title bar because of the colouring and style of the min, max and close buttons, but otherwise it is quite standard. I have no idea if this is part of the problem.

I don't this forum is a recognised bug channel for Microsoft products, so I will look for a way to report, or see if this issue has already been reported. Once I find or make one report, I will report back and request anyone still active here to upvote the bug if possible.
WarrenS-1841 0 Reputation points

2025-03-30T05:52:17.0866667+00:00

I have raised a Feedback problem via the Microsoft Feedback Hub app (supposed to be part of Windows 11, available ).

The link to my version of the problem, assuming your problem is the same as mine, is https://aka.ms/AAv9mo1. This will open my problem in the Feedback Hub app.

If we want a fix, I think upvoting the problem is the way to go.

Answer 3

Limitless Technology 39,866

Hello @James Edmonds

First of all I would recommend to ensure the health of the system you can perform the next actions:

Reset Windows Update components: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/windows-update-resources#reset-windows-update-components-manually
Run an image repair (recommended to run using a downloaded image, mounted) https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/repair-a-windows-image?view=windows-11
Cleanup the WinSxS folder: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/clean-up-the-winsxs-folder?view=windows-11

Last but not list, there are couple of isolated issues regarding specific laptops:

DPI Scaling is different between displays (for instance 100% on the laptop and 125% on the monitor). You can try to set the same DPI scaling to see if it stops the crashes
There has been reported an AC controller issue for some specific brands. You may want to check if all your BIOS, Firmware and drivers are fully updated (not only Display drivers). One quick test or workaround would be:
go to Device Manager -> Batteries -> right click on "Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery" -> click Disable.
The battery tray icon will disappear and explorer will no longer enter the crash loop (you can re-enable changing the setting to Enable to bring back the icon)

Hope this helps with your query,

------------

--If the reply is helpful, please Upvote and Accept as answer--

James Edmonds 831 Reputation points

2022-03-21T11:01:24.307+00:00

Thanks for this.

I have done an online DISM health check and this seemed ok.
I will try the other bits, and DISM using downloaded image, but first I have started with adjusting the DPI scaling on the laptop.

My external display is 1080 with 100% scaling, and the laptop is 1080 with 125%.
My drivers all look to be up to date from a Dell and Intel point of view, but this seems like the easiest first test.

Many thanks
James
James Edmonds 831 Reputation points

2022-03-25T15:37:25.633+00:00

Hi,

I was still having the same problem, albeit less frequently, with the laptop display DPI back at 100%.

I have run Windows update reset, and SxS cleanup.
Can you tell me how to download a specific Windows 11 image to try an image repair?

Drivers still appear to be up to date so will also try disabling the ACPI battery.

Many thanks
James
James Edmonds 831 Reputation points

2022-03-31T11:54:57.093+00:00

Hi Limitless,

Sadly, I still seem to be having the same issues, even after having completed the various steps/checks;
SFC scannow
DISM image checks/cleanup
Windows update reset
WinSXS cleanup
DPI scaling set to 100%
ACPI battery device disable

The only thing I haven't done is use a downloaded Windows 11 image with DISM. Can you tell me how to download an image so I can try this?
This crashing is really starting to frustrate me now, and given it's essentially at the core of the user experience in Windows, it's a pretty major thing to have go wrong,

Thanks
James
James Edmonds 831 Reputation points

2022-04-07T11:33:10.833+00:00

I have used the Windows 11 media creation tool to download a Windows 11 ISO, and run the DISM commands using the ESD contained in that ISO, but still the issues seem to persist.

Short of reinstalling Windows, is there anything else I can try?
It's an incredibly frustrating problem, as every time it crashes all open folder windows disappear, and the ordering of all my Windows when hovering over taskbar icons changes. This really impacts muscle memory.

Reinstalling I am sure has a good chance of resolving the issue, but that is a huge undertaking given it's domain joined, has lots of apps to reinstall, as well as config and data to transfer.

Many thanks
James

huckleberry 1

@Limitless Technology
I feel this answer is too generic to try out, and way too risky (e.g. cleanup of the WinSxS folder.) The Windows 11 Explorer on my ASUS ROG STRIX just crashed when I tried to move Adobe Acrobat Reader from one desktop to another (of seven.) This happens frequently. Here is the excerpt from Event Viewer:

Log Name:      Application  
Source:        Application Error  
Date:          27/05/2022 12:31:40  
Event ID:      1000  
Task Category: (100)  
Level:         Error  
Keywords:      Classic  
User:          N/A  
Computer:      OVERTHERAINBOW  
Description:  
Faulting application name: explorer.exe, version: 10.0.22000.593, time stamp: 0x59a4b94a  
Faulting module name: WindowsInternal.ComposableShell.Experiences.Switcher.dll, version: 10.0.22000.348, time stamp: 0x025b251b  
Exception code: 0xc00000fd  
Fault offset: 0x0000000000032d29  
Faulting process ID: 0x67d0  
Faulting application start time: 0x01d8714376c4fb69  
Faulting application path: C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe  
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\ShellComponents\WindowsInternal.ComposableShell.Experiences.Switcher.dll  
Report ID: 7f4fdce9-10e4-4655-8583-14d992a6a96f  
Faulting package full name:   
Faulting package-relative application ID:

Answer 4

Jay Cady 1

This isn't at all a fix, but switching from DisplayPort to HDMI on my monitor seems to have improved the problem.

EDIT: My mistake, the issue is still present even after switching to HDMI.

James Edmonds 831 Reputation points

2022-08-01T16:54:21.897+00:00

Sadly I'm already using the onboard HDMI output on my laptop, and still have this issue :(

Answer 5

Dave Wiberg 1

My windows file explorer still crashes every time I try to open it from the taskbar icon (yes I am using multiple displays).

However, if I use the 'windows key + e' combination to open file explorer, it works fine. So, my workaround has been to only use 'windows+e'. Other programs work fine from the taskbar.

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