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 ...

When I first upgraded to Windows 11, I tried to convince myself that the interface quirks were just the price of progress. I ...

Monday's Windows 11 update (KB5070311) contains an unnerving bug. When users open File Explorer in dark mode, it briefly shows a full-screen white flash before the icons and folders appear. This can ...

Microsoft has released the KB5070311 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 systems, which includes 49 changes, including fixes for File Explorer freezes and search issues. KB5070311 is an optional ...

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 ...

Windows 11 adoption has been slow for many different reasons, from hardware constraints to people just not wanting to do it. Both valid reasons, I think. But today's File Explorer tests prove that ...

Windows 11 KB5072033 update is causing issues with WSL when it's used with a VPN, and the white flashes in File Explorer are ...

Windows 11 is secretly testing a new Windows Run, which is modern and built on new code compared to the legacy Run, but don't ...

While Windows 11 offers a host of great functionality, some settings such as ad personalization, Windows Search results, and ...

I do like the Windows 11 look and feel, but some app modernization efforts are more successful than others. File Explorer, sadly, isn't one.

Insiders on the Dev and Beta Channels will soon be able to test how AI agents will appear on the taskbar, starting with ...

Windows is no doubt a powerful operating system, and you can tweak system settings and add power user utilities to speed up ...