

Just open the Control Panel by searching for your Windows and open it. The good news is there is a fix for this that will fix this though.ġ. The problem here is sometimes due to corrupted Windows system files or corrupted drive which is connected may cause the Windows to keep opening the file explorer randomly. It will open the connected device data in file explorer which is fine and this option is enabled by default. What it does is it will open the file explorer whenever you connect a new drive such as HDD, SSD, or even Pendrive. find it again by opening File Explorer: A link to that spreadsheet lives on. Method 2: Disable AutoPlayįiles explorer keeps opening randomly will be caused by another thing called AutoPlay. To keep your programs and files neatly arranged, Windows 10 cleaned up the. If this didn’t solve the issue then keep reading for more methods that will fix the issue.

Hopefully, this will fix the File Explorer keeps randomly opening issue. This will close the file explorer and you just need to click file explorer on your taskbar or start menu to start again. I'll do some more searching and diagnosis, surely someone has that command documented.If you are seeing File Explorer instead of Windows Explorer then just right-click on it and select End Task from the menu. I've also noticed, that some of the Win10 app icons on the taskbar aren't there, so I need some sort of PowerShell command to re-install all of the default apps, probably. While they worked in the video, they didn't work for me. Found a "Fix" video on YT, tried both solutions. Wired keyboard does same thing, so it's not the wireless dongle. Keyboard works otherwise, in browser URL bars, and Notepad.exe. I've got a thorny problem myself, with one of my Win10 mining PCs, it won't let my type into the WIN+S search box. AutoPlay is turned on and it is by default selected to open File Explorer to show the contents of your external drive. The system files have missing or corrupted. There is something wrong with the file explorer, or the file explorer is crashing. (Edit: In-place Repair Install would probably work there, not the most time-efficient solution, but probably the most simple and straight-forward one for the user.) In general, File Explorer keeps opening results from the following causes. If your problem had been, with actually launching File Explorer, and having it create a window on your desktop (albeit off-screen, in this case), then their solutions would probably have been more correct. I basically "knew" what your problem was, exactly, and how to fix it, because I've run into it a few times myself. Because, they don't have me advising over there.
