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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 ...

For now, it’s only available to those in the Insider preview program. The core of the fix is about working smarter, not harder: Microsoft wants to stop File Explorer from performing the same indexing ...

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 ...

The latest Windows Insider build for Windows 11 features numerous performance fixes and additions, especially for File Explorer. One of the fixes, pictured below, is a reorganized right-click context ...

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 ...

If File Explorer’s Sort by Date Modified is not working correctly on your Windows 11 PC, read this post. We will guide you through some effective troubleshooting steps to quickly resolve the issue.

There are a lot of bad words one can rightfully say about Windows 11's underwhelming dark mode. Even though Microsoft is finally doing some work to improve it, there is one thing that drives me and ...

There are many things that people dislike about Windows 11's File Explorer these days. From abysmal performance (Microsoft actually considers auto-starting it to "fix" slow performance) to annoying ...

Microsoft is working on some low-profile but important tweaks to the Windows 11 File Explorer that could finally curb its hunger for system memory. Currently being tested in the latest Windows Insider ...