What If Explorer Crashes When Opening Large Folders: Clear Explanation

Learn what if explorer crashes when opening large folders means, how it works, and which key concepts, benefits, or limitations matter most.

How to fix Explorer problem opening large folders

Restart Windows Explorer

The first thing you should do is restart Explorer to fix the large folder opening error or any other error.

We press the key combination Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager. Then in the interface, click on the Processes tab, then right-click on Windows Explorer and select Restart to restart Windows Explorer.

Adjust File Explorer settings

The reason why File Explorer crashes when opening large folders is because it is overloaded when displaying thumbnails and data information, especially on low-configuration computers. Try adjusting some settings to fix this problem.

Step 1

At the Explorer window interface, click on the 3-dot icon and select Options .

Step 2

To display the new interface, click on the View tab , then look down below, select Always show icons, never thumbnails to display icons without showing thumbnails.

Also, try hiding hidden folders by clicking Don't show hidden files, folders, or drives.

Finally click Apply and OK to save changes.

Disable QuickTime and Explorer history

QuickTime is a convenient way to access recently used files and folders, but it can also overload Explorer.

We also open Options in Explorer. Next, in the General tab , scroll down to Privacy and uncheck all the contents in this section. Continue to click the Clear button to delete all Explorer history.