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Author:  summerloud [ Mon Mar 20, 2017 10:30 am ]
Post subject:  classicshell freezing explorer.exe in windows10

unfortunately for everyone, our company switched to windows 10...

we are using classic shell, however we keep having problems with explorer.exe freezes, which after long analysis we could pinpoint to classic shell

the freezes cannot always be replicated, but every user always gets hanging explorer.exe threads in task manager after logon

if we analyze the hanging threads via process explorer, the thread ID they are waiting for is always started by classic shell

is this a known issue with windows 10, and is there a workaround? we could like to continue using classic shell if possible...

Author:  Gaurav [ Mon Mar 20, 2017 11:30 am ]
Post subject:  Re: classicshell freezing explorer.exe in windows10

It would be most helpful if you can capture a SLOWDOWN dump: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=6

Author:  CosmicThing2 [ Tue Mar 21, 2017 3:26 am ]
Post subject:  Re: classicshell freezing explorer.exe in windows10

Me and several others are having this exact same issue summerloud and it's currently unsolved, see: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=5954 and viewtopic.php?f=12&t=7297

It's once the threads hit 800 or so, it'll freeze explorer. Issue seems only related to Windows 10.

Author:  Gaurav [ Tue Mar 21, 2017 4:39 am ]
Post subject:  Re: classicshell freezing explorer.exe in windows10

OK but as you can see, there doesn't seem to be definite way to reproduce the issue on our Windows 10 test PCs. Only then it can be fixed. Without it, its cause is unknown.

Author:  summerloud [ Wed Mar 22, 2017 9:19 am ]
Post subject:  Re: classicshell freezing explorer.exe in windows10

while the freezes cannot always be reproduced, what always happens is a really high thread count in explorer.exe with several threads hanging. if you analyze those threads with process explorer, you can always see they get started by classic shell.

Author:  Ivo [ Wed Mar 22, 2017 9:56 am ]
Post subject:  Re: classicshell freezing explorer.exe in windows10

OK, while in that state, can you capture a dump? You can right-click on the process in Process Explorer, then save a mini dump.

Author:  jelkins [ Fri Mar 24, 2017 5:57 am ]
Post subject:  Re: classicshell freezing explorer.exe in windows10

I had a freeze this morning here is the dump file from explorer.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rpg4yuvegzle8 ... r.rar?dl=0

Author:  Gaurav [ Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:18 am ]
Post subject:  Re: classicshell freezing explorer.exe in windows10

Can you try the Windows Explorer setting "Launch folder windows in a separate process" (File Explorer Options)

reg.exe add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /v SeparateProcess /t reg_dword /d 0x1

to see if the freezing session/high thread count problem on Windows 10 goes away?

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