Question Windows Explorer and Task Bar Freeze Ups

[David_652]

Even when only 8-15% of CPU is in use, or 3-8% of RAM is in use, Windows Explorer and Task Bar can freeze up. Sometimes it happens when I open the Taskbar overflow menu. I restart Windows Explorer, close open programs, and then it's fine, until I open Taskbar overflow menu. Now understand, that when this happens, I have Outlook open, a half dozen tabs of Google Chrome open, and maybe Word. But, it's still only taking up the 8-15% CPU and 3-8% of RAM even with all this. I have a huge hard drive, the PC is only a year old, and I have no signs of any hardware issues. It makes no sense that anything should freeze with this low use of resources. I'm running an intel core i9, 128 GB ram, and terabytes of hard drive space. This is Windows 11 23H2.