Take Offline

There was a big push many years ago to stop software directly accessing the hardware.
It is supposed to make machines more stable (eliminate/reduce access conflicts).

I had a problem with an update in August and I think it broke the network tool.
The calculator broke last year when I changed the screen settings to 125%.

I might just use FreeCommander for all of my file management (instead of Windows Explorer).
It has more features anyway (the mass renaming tool is excellent).

I used to use AVG and I decided to try Avast, so the Windows Explorer crashes may be related to that.
I notice Avast tries to scan everything that starts or stops.