Windows 10 Update Force-Triggered Copilot on Every File Click, Crashing File Explorer
A Windows 10 user found that after update KB5126256, Copilot automatically launched every time a file was clicked, crashing File Explorer. Crash logs pointed to Microsoft Edge as the culprit, though reports actually listed mscopilot_proxy.exe and ShellEh6055x64.dll from 4t Tray Minimizer.
- Update KB5126256 was meant as a licensing prep package for ESU
- Copilot ran in the background on file clicks and crashed File Explorer
- Crash logs blamed Microsoft Edge instead of Copilot
- The conflict involved Copilot and the 4t Tray Minimizer utility
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