Posted March 24, 2021
If you open your Hexen 2 folders which contain .ogg files, and Windows Explorer appears to hang and becomes unresponsive:
1) Press Control + Shift + Esc on your keyboard.
2) Click on the Windows Explorer process in the Task Manager window.
3) On the lower right-hand corner of the Task Manager window, press the Restart button.
Doing this will close the hung window without effecting your system's stability and without having to reboot your system.
The following steps will change the default program that plays .ogg files away from Groove Music, which causes the above mentioned hanging issue:
4) Press Windows key + I (upper case for the letter i) and then choose the Settings menu.
5) Select Apps, then Default Apps, then scroll down to Choose Default Apps by File Type.
6) In the new window that appears, scroll down to the .ogg filetype and click on Groove Music.
7) Change the default program away from Groove Music.
When you change the default .ogg file playing program away from Groove Music, Windows Explorer will no longer hang when it tries to open folders that contain ogg files. I also recommend following the same process for .oga and .ogm files as well, just to be safe.
Alternatively, as suggested by FulVal below, you can also uninstall Web Media Extensions (Youtube Video) instead and that will fix the hanging issue as well.
1) Press Control + Shift + Esc on your keyboard.
2) Click on the Windows Explorer process in the Task Manager window.
3) On the lower right-hand corner of the Task Manager window, press the Restart button.
Doing this will close the hung window without effecting your system's stability and without having to reboot your system.
The following steps will change the default program that plays .ogg files away from Groove Music, which causes the above mentioned hanging issue:
4) Press Windows key + I (upper case for the letter i) and then choose the Settings menu.
5) Select Apps, then Default Apps, then scroll down to Choose Default Apps by File Type.
6) In the new window that appears, scroll down to the .ogg filetype and click on Groove Music.
7) Change the default program away from Groove Music.
When you change the default .ogg file playing program away from Groove Music, Windows Explorer will no longer hang when it tries to open folders that contain ogg files. I also recommend following the same process for .oga and .ogm files as well, just to be safe.
Alternatively, as suggested by FulVal below, you can also uninstall Web Media Extensions (Youtube Video) instead and that will fix the hanging issue as well.
Post edited April 25, 2021 by TheBigCore