Question Green bar of death, broken windows explorer...troubleshoot help please

[Rad123]

Hi,

Since last October/November my windows explorer randomly stops working properly. Sometimes it happens in minutes sometimes after hours of use. I only use pc for 2d and 3d CAD work.

The issue is:

1. All of a sudden I start getting green bar of death if I try to open any folder.
2. The thumbnails in the folders,desktop, etc.. aren't loading (if I opened the folder before this started happening the thumbnails will show but if I didn't open that folder before it will not display things properly.)
3. Any new file that I save will not give me thumbnail preview and sometimes when this starts happening I won't even be able to save a file I have been working on. The program will simply stop responding when trying to save anything
4. I noticed that in windows explorer I only get quick access in left panel (no this pc or any other folder when the error starts happening)

I tried a lot of things already. Disable search, indexing, cortana, etc...I used system file checker, all updates are up to date at all times and I even tried reinstalling windows (I think I did reset)
The PC is homebuilt and is about a year old and originally built from brand new components. Please have a look at the pictures that show the issue I am having linked down below.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1UF8VgdS0gHiM6_2kfs5rAz5ZcmvywqjK
Could it be hardware error? I have 1tb hybrid drive. Error checking came up with no errors found.

 

[ElectrO_90]

I would try something like this first
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-use-sfc-command-utility-fix-system-files-windows-10
Also, are you running any anti-malware software? Have you checked for malware?

 

[Rad123]

O I run SFC and it came with- Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations
And I installed malwarebytes and the scan results are 0 threads found.

All this started happening since that October windows update I think it was and I tried to go back to previous versions but I had no luck there so I reset windows and it worked for a while but then it started happening again.

 

[ElectrO_90]

That nasty october update, I thought they fixed that already?
Can you uninstall all the updates using add/remove ?

 

[Rad123]

under add/remove program I can only see 1 update for win10 (KB4023057)
and if I open update history and then uninstall updates I can see 7 windows updates and the last one is from 17th december (kb4470502)

I reinstalled windows around that time. It might have been in December. I am confused as to whether I will be able to go back to 1803 version if I unistall all updates but I will give it a go tomorrow and see what happens.

 

[Rad123]

Ok so I uninstalled updates but I haven't been able to rollback to 1803 version. I think I would need to restore windows or reinstall and I can't be bothered to do that. Assuming the issue is caused by one of the updates then a solution for a problem is simply waiting for a new update that will fix it or am I wrong?

Can you think of anything else that could be causing the problem apart from windows updates?
Thanks for your help

 

[ElectrO_90]

One of the updates could have broken it, and Windows has had terrible trouble fixing all the october updates. If there is a way you can get before that, I am sure it would help.
Maybe this can help? https://www.thewindowsclub.com/rollback-uninstall-windows-10-creators-update

 

[Rad123]

This only works if you have updated the windows in past 10 days after that it won't work so its too late for me. I guess The only option would be a complete reinstall again but taking into account how many softwares I would have to download and install again I think I will just wait for a new updates that will fix it