Windows 11's File Explorer can sometimes feel like slog to navigate through - here are five tips and tricks to make the ...

Preloading will help File Explorer launch more quickly on less powerful hardware. Preloading will help File Explorer launch more quickly on less powerful hardware. is a senior editor and author of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Facepalm: Users have long criticized Windows 11 File Explorer as inferior to its Windows 10 predecessor. The essential tool suffers from slow launches, sluggish file searches, and delayed right-click ...