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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

With Windows 11’s KB5037853 update, Microsoft added a function to Explorer that allows you to copy and move files within a folder path by simply dragging and dropping. Sounds easy, right? Well, it is!

Are you having a hard time managing your files because the Windows File Explorer is not working properly or won’t open at all? In this troubleshooting guide, we’ll show the fixes that you can do to ...

If File Explorer keeps restarting on your Windows 11/10 PC, read this guide to know how to fix the issue. A few Windows users have reported that their File Explorer keeps restarting randomly on ...

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The Windows File Explorer has evolved a lot over time, but there are still many important features that are missing from it. That's why I’ve started using a third-party file explorer that addresses ...

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 ...