1. Install Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022 (64-bit) – Preview Version 17.11.0 Preview 2.0.

2. Create an empty (0 bytes) file 1.sln.

3. Open 1.sln location in Windows 10 File Explorer.

4. File Explorer crashes and restarts.

Faulting module name: SHELL32.dll, version: 10.0.19041.3271, time stamp: 0x309f89ae

Exception code: 0xc0000005

Fault offset: 0x00000000000bac16

Faulting application path: C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe

Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\SHELL32.dll

Deleting “C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSEnv\VSFileHandler.dll” “C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSEnv\VSFileHandler_64.dll” fixes the problem.