File Explorer + File Search Broken

[Til]

First I'd like to thank anyone that replies, this has been frustrating me for days.

Current Issues:

1. Whenever I search through my files, the previews are unavailable and the icon is generic
2. Whenever I right click one of those files and hover the cursor over "Open with" the entire file explorer crashes.
3. Settings window for uninstalling applications hangs and crashes.

Notes for the issues:
This only seems to occur after several searches.
Edit: The problem of file explorer crashing seems to extend to opening files at all after a while.

PC info:
Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.9
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro, 64 bit, Build 19042, Installed 20201202200814.000000-300
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core Processor, AMD64 Family 23 Model 113 Stepping 0, CPU Count: 16
Total Physical RAM: 32 GB
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
Hard Drives: C: 893 GB (429 GB Free); D: 4657 GB (3702 GB Free);
Motherboard: ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming 4, s/n M80-CA005000561
System: American Megatrends Inc., ver ALASKA - 1072009, s/n To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Antivirus: Windows Defender, Enabled and Updated


Things I've tried:

1. Running sfc /scannow
2. running dism commands
3. updating windows to the latest version
4. updating graphics card driver to the latest version
5. Clearing explorer history
6. Launching explorer as a separate process
7. Disabling antivirus
8. Removing items from the Quick Access
9. Changing various display options
10. Netsh and winsock Reset
11. Used antivirus to find malicious programs
12. Disabling everything in the startup menu

Misc Notes:

It seems this does not occur in safe mode.
I work with images. Seeing the thumbnail and preview are important to me. I will not disable them.

 

[Couriant]

Disable everything in startup under MSCONFIG, reboot and then see if you get the same issues.

 

[Til]

Disable everything in startup under MSCONFIG, reboot and then see if you get the same issues.

I have disabled everything and the same issues continue.

 

[TerryNet]

Bump.

Til, through some series of mistakes (that I only partially understand what happened even now) I deleted your thread. Please accept my apology. I have now undeleted it and bumped to get it to the top of the forum.

 

[Til]

Bump.

Til, through some series of mistakes (that I only partially understand what happened even now) I deleted your thread. Please accept my apology. I have now undeleted it and bumped to get it to the top of the forum.

Not a problem at all, mistakes happen. Thank you for putting it back up.

I have since reinstalled windows and that seems to have fixed it, so it is my turn to apologize for the trouble.

 

[Cookiegal]

For some reason your thread kept getting caught up in our spam filters by mistake and that's what eventually led to the deletion. False positives happen from time to time unfortunately. Thanks for being so gracious about it.

 

[TerryNet]

Glad to see you found a solution; even if was the "nuclear" one.