Microsoft has released Windows 11 KB5072033 and KB5071417 cumulative updates for versions 25H2/24H2 and 23H2 to fix security ...

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 ...

Windows 11 promised a sleeker, smarter File Explorer, yet for many users the reality is a shell that still hesitates on basic ...

Earlier this week, Microsoft released optional Windows 11 update KB5070311, which brings several new features and ...

Preloading (or pre-caching) is meant to speed up the load times of File Explorer, which have, so far, been a major downgrade ...

"We’re exploring preloading File Explorer in the background to help improve File Explorer launch performance," Microsoft explained in a blog post on Friday. "This shouldn’t be visible to you, outside ...

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 ...

Lately, nostalgia has been running high among Windows users — and it’s easy to look back fondly on how File Explorer has evolved since the “Libraries” feature first appeared in Windows 7. Over the ...

Microsoft admitted that File Explorer is slow and can take longer than usual to load, and it’s going to fix it in the next Windows 11 update. But the patch does not involve rewriting specific areas of ...