In brief: If you frequently deal with zipped files, File Explorer should soon perform notably better during extraction. Developers have optimized the feature in the latest Windows 11 Preview Build. It ...

Microsoft is bringing Copilot to the Windows 11 taskbar and File Explorer. The update turns search into a reasoning engine that pulls answers from your calendar, emails, and local files without ...

Ctrl+F is a keyboard shortcut that lets you find words or phrases within a document or a webpage on a Windows computer. If you didn’t know such a shortcut existed, don’t worry. You’re not the only ...

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A key component of Windows that hasn't fundamentally changed over the years is the File Explorer. While Microsoft's web browser added tabs 15 years ago with Internet Explorer 7, the operating system's ...

Here is a list of solutions that might help you when you are not able to open File Explorer: Change File Explorer Options Run System File Checker sfc /scannow Perform the antivirus scan Delete ...

With the introduction of Windows 11 23H2, Microsoft has modernized File Explorer on Windows 11, bringing a fresher look and feel to the system's integral file management tool. This update is not only ...

Windows Explorer has always seemed like a part of a small car’s toolkit: perfectly usable, but limited to the basic functions. Over the years, Microsoft has repeatedly revised the software and added a ...

Your phones and computers hold more than you might realize. The files that you can view by default on Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS are by no means everything that's stored on those systems. These ...

One of the simplest configuration changes that I have made since making the switch to Windows 11 last year was to configure the File Explorer to open to the This PC screen. Normally, when you open ...

If your File Explorer is freezing in Windows 11, try to restart it in Task Manager, or restart your computer entirely. You can also clear the File Explorer cache and perform an SFC scan using the ...

Microsoft is working on a new XAML-based gallery view for the Windows 11 File Explorer that allows you to browse your photos by date, as well as through a built-in search box. This new Gallery option ...