11,498 questions
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My File Explorer is showing duplicate "items" and information at the bottom of the screen
Hello! I've never had this issue before, and I'm not sure how it happened but I've seen people asking how to fix this and no one has responded. My File Explorer suddenly is displaying a duplicate bottom bar, how can I turn it off? I've attached an image…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
asked 2026-07-15T20:31:56.4066667+00:00
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moon totoro
0
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answered 2026-07-15T21:14:00.73+00:00
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John DeV
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Independent Advisor
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Need Bitlocker Recovery Key for a locked Secondary drive
I am using a Dell Precision 7680 with Win 11. We have an issue with the internal Secondary drive. We had a user having issues with the computer. Initially we were going to send it to our Technology Operations department to have it reimaged. We could not…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
11,498 questions
asked 2026-07-15T19:40:02+00:00
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Ben, Jackson
0
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commented 2026-07-15T20:35:22.4333333+00:00
Ben, Jackson
0
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Win 11 Pro Folder Type & Column Settings
I am setting up a new Win 11 Pro laptop. In File Explorer I select the separate data drive root then properties and then customize. I change the type from general items to documents and back to general items so that the apply button will light up. I…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
11,498 questions
asked 2026-07-09T01:33:29.8066667+00:00
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Robert Allen Fisher
70
Reputation points
commented 2026-07-15T20:20:03.48+00:00
Robert Allen Fisher
70
Reputation points
1 answer
How to search for ？ character in Explorer?
I have discovered some files that have tried to get around not being able to add a question mark in a file name by using "？" The following search criteria works for many special characters (e.g. "`") but not for…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
11,498 questions
asked 2026-06-10T12:52:26.9666667+00:00
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Elliot Bridgewater
0
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commented 2026-07-15T19:05:24.42+00:00
Elliot Bridgewater
0
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1 answer
Having issues with explorer.exe
This is windows 11. For many months now my task bar has been broken. It works at a base level but right clicking any of the apps just crashes it and I require to restart it through task manager to get it functioning again. I've tried sfc and DISM…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
11,498 questions
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My boot drive (C:) is almost full. What files are safe to delete to free up space?
I have been having issues with my boot drive continually filling up in large ammounts, last week I managed toclear out space to have about 9 GB free and now about a week later I have about 2.5 GB free. I would like tyo know why my drive keeps filling up…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
11,498 questions
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OneDrive Causing Explorer to Hang
When creating a new folder or file and using a name other than "New folder" or "New Text Document" instead the "OneDrive" folder path, it causes explorer to hang for 5-10 seconds at a time. If OneDrive is not running this…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
11,498 questions
asked 2026-07-13T15:08:17.0033333+00:00
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HoIO
0
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commented 2026-07-15T16:19:04.9+00:00
Manoel Barros
19,975
Reputation points
Independent Advisor
1 answer
File box icons appearing in Windows Explorer
Hello. I just returned to my computer after 1.5 days and I now have strange file box icons appearing on files in File Explorer. Many of the thumbnails no longer show images in the regular view window AND also do not display in the previewer. This is not…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
11,498 questions
asked 2026-07-12T17:40:07.9633333+00:00
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Chief Alchemist
20
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commented 2026-07-15T15:09:47.6233333+00:00
Airbus A350
7,545
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Volunteer Moderator
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FilePicker UI Host Not Working!
I wanted to change the banner on my Itch.io page. I clicked to select a file for the banner, but FilePicker UI Host didn't open. No matter what I tried, it didn't work. This happens with absolutely all programs and websites. (I tried to do something…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
11,498 questions
asked 2026-04-19T09:44:19.0466667+00:00
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StudentChan is Developing in UNITY
0
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commented 2026-07-15T14:48:51.8833333+00:00
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Jason Cassidy
0
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2 answers
Installed Apps using over half of my SSD storage
Hi I have a Dell laptop with a 250GB SSD drive. I have very few files saved on this - all are saved to a 64GB USB dongle. I have been getting 'low on memory' messages for the last month. I have a total of 115GB of Installed Apps but cannot see how this…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
11,498 questions
asked 2026-07-07T22:39:53.1366667+00:00
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Kevin Wooldridge
0
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commented 2026-07-15T14:24:44.72+00:00
Kevin Wooldridge
0
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180 gigs gone
For a while, I had my installed apps (for some reason) at 190 gigs, and more recently, my system became over 225 gigs. I have no idea why it would need to be that large, nor do I have access to it. I have tried everything, and it just keeps eating my…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
11,498 questions
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Windows Explorer Crashing
Windows Explorer is inconsistently crashing whenever I do pretty much anything. Try to search up a file, crash most of the time but not always. Just starting it up, crash maybe half the time. Right clicking specific types of files, may or may not crash…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
11,498 questions
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Minecraft world not showing up
I have 5 folders in my C:\Users\aggol\AppData\Roaming\Minecraft Bedrock\Users(Moderator note: PII removed)\games\com.mojang\minecraftWorlds\world directory but only four show up in game
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
11,498 questions
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Recycle Bin opens documents folder
Whenever I drag an item into the Recycle Bin, the Documents folder opens. Triple-clicking the Recycle Bin will also cause this to happen. I've scanned the internet for solutions, but none that were suggested have worked.
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
11,498 questions
asked 2026-07-11T22:45:00.9133333+00:00
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Daniel Kuras
0
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commented 2026-07-14T21:22:30.6233333+00:00
Daniel Kuras
0
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3 answers
My laptop stopped allowing me to download photos from sd card
Hello, I'm trying to download photos off an sd card onto my laptop but I keep receiving the message, "The HEVC video extension is required to display this file". I subsequently am required to pay for this extension whereas before I was able to…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
11,498 questions
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I have a larger NVMe drive that I want to use to replace the one my C : drive is in now.
I have a larger NVMe drive that I want to use to replace the one my C : drive is in now. How would be the best strategy to do that? I have other larger hard drives that I could use as a transition step. Any suggestion from someone that has had that…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
11,498 questions
asked 2026-07-14T04:15:16.7933333+00:00
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Paris Psaros
0
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commented 2026-07-14T11:03:56.57+00:00
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Neil D
33,630
Reputation points
Volunteer Moderator
5 answers
Install Windows Fax and Scan on my computer
I have Windows 11 on my laptop but apparently the Windows Fax and Scan app is not loaded on it. Can I get that from Windows and install it?
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
11,498 questions
asked 2025-11-18T02:16:57.49+00:00
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Kevin Bradd
10
Reputation points
commented 2026-07-14T02:40:54.9166667+00:00
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Karen Johnson
0
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97 answers
File Explorer not previewing pdf files since 25H2 update
Since installing the 25H2 update to Windows 11, the preview for pdf files is not working. I just get the following message "The file you are attempting to preview could harm your computer. If you trust the file and the source you received it from,…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
11,498 questions
asked 2025-10-15T08:07:37.1033333+00:00
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Paul Nicholson
560
Reputation points
answered 2026-07-13T20:29:56.16+00:00
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Jin Hwang
0
Reputation points
5 answers
How to fix issues connecting to network share folders
Since a an update two months ago, I have lost connection to mapped network share folders and I am not able to re-map them. I have have tried Microsoft chat support four times and cant seem to get the help that I need. The last rep that I spoke to said…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
11,498 questions
asked 2025-08-15T22:41:15.7566667+00:00
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L Robbins
80
Reputation points
answered 2026-07-13T17:04:33.5366667+00:00
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michael hernandez
0
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1 answer
C drive storage is full
Recently I noticed my C drive storage was almost completely full. So full that there was no room for windows updates so I paused updates. I deleted every file and app I could but it hasn't helped. Last night after making space again I had…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
11,498 questions
asked 2026-07-13T14:49:34.6533333+00:00
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matt blaine
0
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commented 2026-07-13T15:33:11.9233333+00:00
Neil D
33,630
Reputation points
Volunteer Moderator