I run Windows 8.1 on a six year old Dell computer with an Intel 7 processor and tons of ram.

Over the past few months I've noticed or dealt with some issues in using File Explorer to move files or manage my harddrive.

Mostly, things run fine. But sometimes I open File Explorer to an empty window except for the Favorites folder and shortcuts, and explorer starts to read the entire system. It will take forever to load, so I just do a full reboot and things are fine once again.

In researching the issue I'm reading all kinds of causes so I'm at a loss as to what to look for. Anyone have similar experience?

Thanks in advance