File Explorer, formerly known as Windows Explorer, is a central component of the Microsoft Windows operating system. Far from a simple application, Explorer is deeply woven into the fabric of the OS, ...

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 ...

Microsoft recently ruined File Explorer on Windows 11 by introducing preloading. The feature, which was meant to speed up the ...

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 ...

Modern Windows PCs slowly lose speed as apps pile up, updates stack in the background, and settings remain untouched for years. Even newer systems can feel sluggish when startup tasks, temporary files ...