Windows Explorer was crashing with message 'Windows Explorer has stopped working' every time I tried the paste operation of copy/paste. I could only get it to work again by rolling back the latest bunch of windows updates. Google didn't help me find out which one was causing the problem, so I contacted Microsoft support. The consultant was very pleasant and keen to help, but they have a fixed procedure, which involves doing some sort of update reset, then applying all the updates again. Naturally, the problem reappeared when this was done, and MS didn't respond to my emails.
After a second rollback, the only thing to do to get my computer up to date with security patches, and possibly identify the patch that caused the problem, was to apply updates manually. This isn't the simple process it was years ago, so to save time in the future, I've made this note of the procedure.
It's a pity that the more effort that MS puts into making Windows "easy to use", the difficulty of admin seems to go up exponentially.
After a second rollback, the only thing to do to get my computer up to date with security patches, and possibly identify the patch that caused the problem, was to apply updates manually. This isn't the simple process it was years ago, so to save time in the future, I've made this note of the procedure.
It's a pity that the more effort that MS puts into making Windows "easy to use", the difficulty of admin seems to go up exponentially.