# virt-manager freezing up when clicking Browse in any window

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'define created 01 January 2023
'define edited 01 January 2023
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The title explains what the problem is.
You might've also noticed that it spikes a CPU core's utilization to 100%.
Furthermore everything works if you enter a file location manually in the corresponding input field, it's just that darn button.

'footnote storage-pools The storage pool is just a folder with files that store what locations can be used by virtual machines (more info [url https://libvirt.org/storage.html here]). In the case of virt-manager, pretty much every time you select any folder or file, a folder entry gets added there.

This issue is caused by some sort of problem with the storage pools[$storage-pools] when it tries to load them.
I was able to fix it by pretty much deleting that folder, but you really should just rename it:

```shell
sudo mv /etc/libvirt/storage /etc/libvirt/storage-broken

libvirt automagically regenerates the original folder, so you might need to restart it:

```shell
sudo systemctl restart libvirtd