Classic Shell: Forum

To clarify. The window doesn't remain 'black' it remains 'blank' (i.e. shows the background color, but nothing else).

It is unlikely that Classic Shell is causing it because it does not affect Quick Launch or Explorer icon functionality. It may be possible that there is some shell extension installed on your computer that is causing the slowdowns/Explorer crashes. To rule out Classic Shell, uninstall it temporarily and see if the crashes/slowdowns go away. All your Classic Shell settings will be preserved when you reinstall it.

To fix crashes caused by some shell extension, use NirSoft's ShellExView: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html to see all installed shell extensions. Sort them by company/manufacturer and ignore the Microsoft/built-in ones. Then by disabling them one at a time and see which is causing the crashes.

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I am a Windows enthusiast and helped a little with Classic Shell's testing and usability/UX feedback.

Thanks for the reply. I'll try the Classic Shell uninstall/re-install first because that's the simpler test (I ran the ShellEvView tool you directed me to, and it listed some 270 shell extensions; could take me a while to work through those...)

If you ignore the ones which say "Microsoft" in the company column of ShellExView, there won't be that many shell extensions to go through. The built-in shell extensions will not crash Explorer generally.

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Links to some general topics:

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● Read the Search box usage guide.

I am a Windows enthusiast and helped a little with Classic Shell's testing and usability/UX feedback.