BitTorrent/File Explorer will not open.

Hi Jesse,

1. When you say click it and it'll 'open', are you referring to opening it from Taskbar itself?

2. When you say “hover my mouse towards the square thing where it shows the screen”, which square thing are you referring to?

It would be helpful if you could upload a screenshot of the issue here, so that we can assist you further to fix the issue.

How to include a screenshot in your post

Hope the information helps. Let us know if you need further assistance with Windows related issues. We will be happy to help.

Hi Jesse,

Are you able to open File Explorer when you open running teh command explorer.exe from Run?

Since the issue persists only with File Explorer, you may also try to unpin and re-pin it to the Task Bar and check.

You may right click on the File explorer icon on Taskbar and select Unpin from taskbar

You may refer to the article to re-pin it to Taskbar:

Pin a program to the taskbar

Hope the information helps. Let us know if you need further assistance with Windows related issues. We will be happy to help.

Hi Jesse,

Thank you for the updates.

1. What happens when you try to open computer to see my program files?

2. Do you receive any error codes or messages?

3. Are you able to access other folders other than Program files?

Let us know if you need further assistance with Windows related issues. We will be happy to help.

Hi Jesse,

Step 1:

Perform the steps provided in the article to boot in safe mode and check for the issue.
Windows Startup Settings (including safe mode)

Note: You need to uncheck the safe mode option by performing the above steps to boot in normal startup.

Step2:

If the issue doesn’t occur in safe mode, you may try performing a clean boot and check if it helps.

A clean boot helps to verify if any third party application services or startup item is causing this issue.

How to perform a clean boot to troubleshoot a problem in Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8

Note: After you have finished the troubleshooting, try the steps provided in the section “How to reset the computer to start as usual after troubleshooting with clean boot” to boot the system in normal start up.

Hope the information helps. Let us know if you need further assistance with Windows related issues. We will be happy to help.

Original title: BitTorrent/File Explorer

I recently got my computer, and it has Windows 8. Well, File Explorer will not open, I click it and it'll 'open', and Task Manager says it's open, but the screen itself wont show up. However, if I hover my mouse over the icon when it's 'open', it'll show it. If I move my mouse towards the square thing where it shows the screen, it doesn't show it at all in my background or desktop.

This is the same with UTorrent, and BitTorrent.

One of the many reasons why I hate Windows 8, I never had this problem with 7, Vista, XP, etc.

SOMEONE HELP PLS TY

I had this problem as well. And none of the other ways solved it. What I did was this:

How to bring up a screen when you hover over it and it doesn't 'open'.

Click on the program to open. Hover mouse over the little box that shows it being open.
Right click in the little box and go to maximize and click on it.

It's far easier than having to reboot your computer or follow a bazillion steps. :)