Case of frozen File Explorer

Some time ago I started to get strange freezes when I try to open File Explorer. New File Explorer appears on screen, renders left and top part and then displays “Working on it…” where files supposed to be and then nothing. And today I would like to share my discoveries.

Obviously, first thing I tried to kill File Explorer and start over. Exactly the same behavior. I rarely use File Explorer because I prefer FAR file manager. But sometimes I do use File Explorer, mostly to copy files via Remote Desktop. In this particular case I decided to start FAR file manager to check something. And to my surprise, exactly the same happens to FAR.