Accessing my Downloads folder

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Do you have a million unorganised files all sitting in the Downloads folder? Might just be taking ages to load the file list!

Nowhere near a million. 1,704 files in 187 folders, and up until a week or two ago accessing Downloads wasn't any problem. Besides King's work around of going in via Drive C is virtually instant access to the same file library so that would appear to discount your theory.