Downloading files or working with files on the desktop takes several seconds

[Windows 11]

Ok, so I am not sure what happened to my computer, but in the last few months anything saved on my desktop is sluggish to work with or takes extra time to open. For example, if there is an image file like a .jpg on the desktop and I want to edit it, it takes several seconds to save it again. I can count to like 10 before it saves it. It's the same thing if I download something and I download it directly to the desktop or if I do a snipping tool save, I can count to 10 before the new file appears. I also noticed that copy pasting folders to it, I have wait like 10 seconds before it starts the s

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