A 25-year-old feature you no longer need ...

Outclassed by the competition.

Windows 11 File Explorer is finally getting performance fixes in 2026. Microsoft promises faster search, navigation, and file ...

Microsoft’s Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7961 for 25H2 fixes File Explorer flashes, adds voice typing for renaming, and restores Administrator Protection.

The March 2026 non-security update for Windows 11 is here with 1000Hz+ display refresh rate support, File Explorer ...

If File Explorer crashes whenever you click on Properties in the right-click context menu of a file or folder in Windows 11/10, read this post to learn how to fix the issue. The ‘Properties’ option ...

It's possible to access Windows 10's File Explorer within Windows 11 using a frankly unbelievably simple trick, allowing for the old interface to be used whenever you want a break from the new UI - or ...

Even supposedly straightforward tools such as Windows Explorer offer options that are not always recognizable at first glance. The search function, for example, not only finds files and folders. With ...

File Explorer will soon support native version control, letting users sync their programming projects on Windows. According to The Verge, the Windows File Explorer update will integrate Git systems, ...

Hello all!<BR><BR>A strange problem has manifested itself on a Win2000Pro workstation. The left pane of Explorer (not IE, but Win Explorer) functions properly for all options (Favorites, History, etc.

You could try disabling previews by doing "regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll" (can enable with "regsvr32 shmedia.dll"), if you haven't done that yet. Maybe there's a corrupt ...