Microsoft appears to have plans in the works to add tabs to the File Explorer on Windows 11. We’d like to know if that’s enough for you or if you’d like to see tabs available across more apps. Windows ...

If you cannot preview Word or Excel files in Explorer, but you can preview other text or image files, then this post will help you fix the problem. If the Word or Excel file preview is not working in ...

Microsoft says that the File Explorer (formerly Windows Explorer) now automatically blocks previews for files downloaded from the Internet to block credential theft attacks via malicious documents.

Following our report, Microsoft quietly confirmed that Windows 11 KB5094126 accidentally broke OLE automation, which is used ...

If you’ve been using the internet for more than a month or so, you know that downloading files from unknown sites is a great way to get compromised. But the latest security update to Windows does a ...

Windows 11 June 2026 Update is causing boot failures (BSODs or BitLocker Recovery) on some PCs, and breasks OneDrive in File ...

In brief: If you frequently deal with zipped files, File Explorer should soon perform notably better during extraction. Developers have optimized the feature in the latest Windows 11 Preview Build. It ...

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 ...

Have you ever found yourself frustrated with the limitations of Windows 11 File Explorer? Maybe it feels clunky, outdated, or just doesn’t offer the flexibility you need for managing your files ...

Files is a powerful, modern alternative to Windows File Explorer, built on WinUI 3 with a clean UI, dual-pane support, tabs, tags, and advanced tools like previews, Git, and FTP. It fixes many ...

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 ...

File Explorer finally gets a consistent dark mode: progress bar, dialogs, and confirmations follow the system theme. Dark progress bar is rolling out with the December security patch KB5072033 ...