Windows 11 is testing a new underlying improvement for File Explorer that could potentially reduce RAM usage when you're ...

A new Windows 11 Insider update optimises File Explorer search by removing redundant indexing operations, promising faster ...

Early tests on Insider builds show that searches may execute roughly twice as fast as with the previous method.

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 ...

For years, users have been complaining about how slow and sluggish File Explorer feels on Windows 11. Now, with Windows 10 having officially reached end of support, many are finding themselves facing ...

Update KB5051987, released last week for Windows 11 24H2, was supposed to bring important security fixes and quality-of-life improvements. However, some users who installed the cumulative February ...

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 ...

Microsoft keeps running into brick walls with the 2024 version of Windows 11. Each new update designed to fix the outstanding bugs ends up introducing other problems. That's apparently true with the ...

File Explorer will soon be another Windows 11 feature getting the Copilot treatment. It's still in unofficial testing mode, but the change, first spotted by leaker PhantomOfEarth on X, and confirmed ...

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 ...