Microsoft recently ruined File Explorer on Windows 11 by introducing preloading. The feature, which was meant to speed up the File Explorer, ended up ...

In 2025, Microsoft continues to evolve File Explorer on Windows 11, integrating AI features and bolstering usability. Significant updates enhance the context menu, streamline sharing, and optimize ...

Microsoft is fixing one bug that’s making File Explorer very slow to close There are a bunch of other complaints about it ...

TL;DR: Microsoft has upgraded File Explorer for Windows 11, enhancing performance, especially in unzipping numerous small files, as part of the Insider Preview Build 27818 in the Canary Channel. The ...

TL;DR: Windows 11's File Explorer remains slower than Windows 10 despite a fix that preloads the app at startup, doubling its RAM usage without significantly improving speed. The slower performance ...

A few days ago, a new Windows 11 preview (Build 22635.4515) began rolling out to Windows 11 Insiders on the Beta Channel. This new update for Insiders includes several new features and improvements, ...

Last week, Microsoft sent out a new preview version of Windows 11 to members of the Windows Insider Program. This one only rolled out to those on the Canary Channel, which is the most experimental and ...

Why this is important: File Explorer isn’t a niche app; it’s the core of how you browse files, move folders, open documents, manage downloads, and more. If it doesn’t feel snappy, everything else on ...

Unlike in the old days, Windows 11's File Explorer opens by default not to "This PC" with all your drives, but to the new Home page with quick access to user folders, favorites and shared files. To ...

In this post, we will show you how to create 7z or TAR files from Files Explorer on a Windows 11 PC. With an earlier update, Windows 11 received a new feature that allowed users to open and extract 7z ...

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 ...