{"id":27930,"date":"2022-10-06T16:56:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T21:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/?p=27930"},"modified":"2022-11-27T15:25:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-27T20:25:04","slug":"how-to-fix-windows-file-explorer-working-on-it-message-in-windows-11-and-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/how-to-fix-windows-file-explorer-working-on-it-message-in-windows-11-and-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix Windows File Explorer &#8216;Working on it&#8217; Message in Windows 11 and Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"27930\" class=\"elementor elementor-27930\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-605356d5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"605356d5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f24cf12\" data-id=\"1f24cf12\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4051b276 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4051b276\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kaceli-techtraining-working-on-it-error-explorer-433x149.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-27935 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kaceli-techtraining-working-on-it-error-explorer-433x149.jpg\" alt=\"working on it error\" width=\"433\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kaceli-techtraining-working-on-it-error-explorer-433x149.jpg 433w, https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kaceli-techtraining-working-on-it-error-explorer-433x149-300x103.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/a>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=usi6Bw1ng4M\">Windows 11<\/a>, File Explorer opens a location called &#8216;Home&#8217; and in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=miuAtIjPgtU\">Windows 10<\/a> it is &#8220;Quick Access&#8221; which contains a listing of favorite locations in your PC. When you click on it, suddenly you may get a message &#8216;Working on it&#8217; and File Explorer becomes unresponsive. This may happen when Windows slows down or at times even saves files from a browser when using the &#8216;Save as&#8217; option and prompted to save at a location. In that case the browser hangs and you cannot do anything with it until you force close it. This happened recently to me while using the Brave browser.<\/p><p>If you are experiencing the symptoms described above, there is a quick solution for it. Note that performing this process will clear the listing of your favorite folders on Home in Windows 11 and Quick Access in Windows 10.\u00a0<\/p><h1>Steps to fix &#8216;Working on it&#8217; in File Explorer<\/h1><h2>Step 1: Clear the File Explorer History by doing the following:<\/h2><ul><li>Open <b>File Explorer<\/b> from the Taskbar.<\/li><li>Click on the <b>configuration icon<\/b> on the top right and select options.<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kaceli-techtraining-working-on-it-error-explorer-quick-access-options-1061x450.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27934 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kaceli-techtraining-working-on-it-error-explorer-quick-access-options-1061x450.jpg\" alt=\"working on it error options\" width=\"1061\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kaceli-techtraining-working-on-it-error-explorer-quick-access-options-1061x450.jpg 1061w, https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kaceli-techtraining-working-on-it-error-explorer-quick-access-options-1061x450-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kaceli-techtraining-working-on-it-error-explorer-quick-access-options-768x326.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kaceli-techtraining-working-on-it-error-explorer-quick-access-options-1061x450-1024x434.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kaceli-techtraining-working-on-it-error-explorer-quick-access-options-600x254.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1061px) 100vw, 1061px\" \/><\/a><\/p><ul><li>Click on the <b>General Tab<\/b> and then toward the bottom in the Privacy Section, click on <b>Clear<\/b>.<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kaceli-techtraining-clear-file-explorer-history-382x475.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27932 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kaceli-techtraining-clear-file-explorer-history-382x475.jpg\" alt=\"working on it clear file explorer history\" width=\"382\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kaceli-techtraining-clear-file-explorer-history-382x475.jpg 382w, https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kaceli-techtraining-clear-file-explorer-history-382x475-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/a><\/p><h2>Step 2: Clear the File Explorer Cache<\/h2><ul><li>While in File Explorer place the following in the address bar area and press Enter.<\/li><\/ul><pre style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">%AppData%\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Recent\\AutomaticDestinations\n\n<\/pre><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">It should look like this prior to pressing Enter:<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kaceli-techtraining-clear-automatic-recent-destinations-1008x448.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27931\" src=\"https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kaceli-techtraining-clear-automatic-recent-destinations-1008x448.jpg\" alt=\"clear explorer cache\" width=\"722\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kaceli-techtraining-clear-automatic-recent-destinations-1008x448.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kaceli-techtraining-clear-automatic-recent-destinations-1008x448-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kaceli-techtraining-clear-automatic-recent-destinations-768x341.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kaceli-techtraining-clear-automatic-recent-destinations-600x267.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/a><\/p><ul><li>Next <b>delete all the files in the folder in the recent items folder<\/b>.<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kaceli-techtraining-clear-recent-items-1008x448.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27933\" src=\"https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kaceli-techtraining-clear-recent-items-1008x448.jpg\" alt=\"clear recent items folder\" width=\"722\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kaceli-techtraining-clear-recent-items-1008x448.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kaceli-techtraining-clear-recent-items-1008x448-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kaceli-techtraining-clear-recent-items-768x341.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kaceli-techtraining-clear-recent-items-600x267.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/a><\/p><h2>Summary of fixing &#8216;Working on it&#8217; error<\/h2><p>Now the issue should be fixed. The &#8216;working it&#8217; message happens at times due to corruption in the cache for Windows Explorer. It can be tedious to troubleshoot. The cache should be rebuilt by itself. You may have to reassign the favorite folders again so that they show up properly in Explorer.<\/p><p>Feel free to post comments below. Let us know if it worked for you.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Windows 11, File Explorer opens a location called &#8216;Home&#8217; and in Windows 10 it is &#8220;Quick Access&#8221; which contains a listing of favorite locations in your PC. When you click on it, suddenly you may get a message &#8216;Working on it&#8217; and File Explorer becomes unresponsive. This may happen when Windows slows down or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,336],"tags":[388,387,390,386,389],"class_list":["post-27930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education-2","category-malesuada","category-windows-11","tag-file-explorer-working-on-it-error","tag-windows-11-working-on-it-error","tag-working-it-and-browser-crashing","tag-working-on-it-error","tag-working-on-it-error-file-explorer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27930\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaceli.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}