Microsoft didn’t release a major new version of Windows in 2025, but it did deliver a lot of significant updates. Here's my ...

Early tests on Insider builds show that searches may execute roughly twice as fast as with the previous method.

A new Windows 11 Insider update optimises File Explorer search by removing redundant indexing operations, promising faster ...

This week’s optional update for Windows 11 has quite a few noteworthy fixes, including a fix for an issue where explorer.exe crashes when you receive notifications. Windows always gets notifications, ...

Facepalm: Users have long criticized Windows 11 File Explorer as inferior to its Windows 10 predecessor. The essential tool suffers from slow launches, sluggish file searches, and delayed right-click ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nearly three decades after the launch of Internet Explorer, or 27 years to be precise, Microsoft discontinued this classic browser to focus on Microsoft Edge. The company announced the end of Internet ...

Microsoft is upgrading Windows 11 File Explorer by adding a preloading function for speedier launch times, as well as cleaning up and reorganising the right-click context menu. These updates are now ...

For years, users have been complaining about how slow and sluggish File Explorer feels on Windows 11. Now, with Windows 10 having officially reached end of support, many are finding themselves facing ...

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 ...

Update December 03, 08:39 EST: Microsoft has updated the support document to include Windows 11 25H2 to the list of affected OS versions. We have revised the title and story accordingly. Microsoft ...