Explorer crashes when clicking on any context menu command

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I've recently updated to the new insider preview, but I don't know if this is related. Anyways, when I right click anywhere (on the desktop, inside of a folder) and click on any of the context menu options I have (namely, "Git Bash Here" or "Open with Atom") file explorer closes and the task bar resets. I take it these are signs of explorer.exe crashing.

Interestingly, if I click on some item and then pick any of the commands, it works. It only crashes when I click on empty space.

I've already tried using CCleaner to fix my registry, and manual inspection of the related registry keys also didn't produce any results. What can I do about this?

Here are the event viewer logs:

Faulting application name: explorer.exe, version: 10.0.14366.0, time stamp: 0x575b788e
Faulting module name: windows.storage.dll, version: 10.0.14366.0, time stamp: 0x575b7903
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00000000003556ef
Faulting process id: 0x1c64
Faulting application start time: 0x01d1cba001341ccf
Faulting application path: C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\windows.storage.dll
Report Id: 4b9f9854-7392-4a9e-8da0-742a32bb45b8
Faulting package full name: 
Faulting package-relative application ID: 

And the three information events after that error event:

Fault bucket , type 0
Event Name: APPCRASH
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0

Problem signature:
P1: explorer.exe
P2: 10.0.14366.0
P3: 575b788e
P4: windows.storage.dll
P5: 10.0.14366.0
P6: 575b7903
P7: c0000005
P8: 00000000003556ef
P9: 
P10: 

Attached files:
\\?\C:\Users\Luka\AppData\Local\Temp\WER9A2C.tmp.appcompat.txt
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER9A3D.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_explorer.exe_85263293ddf02d16848fca77fdf0f5e14c161524_92466b16_cab_2b489a4a\memory.hdmp
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_explorer.exe_85263293ddf02d16848fca77fdf0f5e14c161524_92466b16_cab_2b489a4a\triagedump.dmp

These files may be available here:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_explorer.exe_85263293ddf02d16848fca77fdf0f5e14c161524_92466b16_cab_2b489a4a

Analysis symbol: 
Rechecking for solution: 0
Report Id: 4b9f9854-7392-4a9e-8da0-742a32bb45b8
Report Status: 4
Hashed bucket: 
--------------------------------------------------------------
The shell stopped unexpectedly and explorer.exe was restarted.
--------------------------------------------------------------
Fault bucket 120493863433, type 4
Event Name: APPCRASH
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0

Problem signature:
P1: explorer.exe
P2: 10.0.14366.0
P3: 575b788e
P4: windows.storage.dll
P5: 10.0.14366.0
P6: 575b7903
P7: c0000005
P8: 00000000003556ef
P9: 
P10: 

Attached files:
\\?\C:\Users\Luka\AppData\Local\Temp\WER9A2C.tmp.appcompat.txt
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER9A3D.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_explorer.exe_85263293ddf02d16848fca77fdf0f5e14c161524_92466b16_cab_2b489a4a\memory.hdmp
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_explorer.exe_85263293ddf02d16848fca77fdf0f5e14c161524_92466b16_cab_2b489a4a\triagedump.dmp

These files may be available here:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_explorer.exe_85263293ddf02d16848fca77fdf0f5e14c161524_92466b16_2b68b3fc

Analysis symbol: 
Rechecking for solution: 0
Report Id: 4b9f9854-7392-4a9e-8da0-742a32bb45b8
Report Status: 0
Hashed bucket: d03c3e99aa0a078539db76e47d0c9165
windows-10
windows-explorer
crash
context-menu
windows-10-preview
asked on Super User Jun 21, 2016 by Darwin • edited Jun 21, 2016 by magicandre1981

3 Answers

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This seems to be a known issue when installing the technical preview / insider preview builds.

Microsoft have released a Patch for this. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3020114

answered on Super User Jun 21, 2016 by RyanIG
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You're right, Explorer is crashing, and not displaying an error message. If you haven't installed anything after you joined the Insider Preview and updated, then it's could be something that the update broke. Open up your Event Viewer and see if there's something specific that's causing the crash. Then use Nirsoft's ShellExView to disable it, or disable them all and see if that fixes your issue.

answered on Super User Jun 21, 2016 by Blerg
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I've upgraded to a newer insider build (14371) and the problem is gone.

answered on Super User Jun 23, 2016 by Darwin

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