Recurring problem in EXPLORER.EXE blocks the whole system

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Stephane BARIZIEN

Hi,I'm facing a very annoying (to say the least) issue on my work PC.Quite frequently, the machine enters a state where I can only switch between apps, but:* most Office applications (including Teams) are blocked* starting new apps e.g. using Invoke-Item (e.g. on a PNG file to view it with the Photos app) or Start-Process or just entering the executable's name from PowerShell hangs* Ctrl+Shift+Esc doesn't start Task Manager (it also cannot be started by invoking "taskmgr" from PowerShell)95% of the time, this is solved by killing and restarting EXPLORER.EXE (after which a previous Ctrl+Shift+E

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