How to fix Windows 10 Explorer "Working on it…" slowness

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This is caused by Windows Search / Indexing that times out waiting for old or stale network resources.  To resolve this you can delete the cache files:

%AppData%MicrosoftWindowsRecentAutomaticDestinations

Delete all *.automaticDestinations-ms in that folder and the issue should be resolved.