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

A new test by WindowsLatest shows that Windows 11’s preloaded File Explorer still launches slower than its Windows 10 ...

Preloading makes Windows 11 File Explorer open faster than before, at ~30MB extra RAM. Despite gains, Windows 11's preloaded Explorer still lags Windows 10's Explorer in open/close speed. That ...

The navigation pane, located on the far left side of File Explorer, is used to find files, folders, and drives on your Windows 11/10 PC or network. When you set the navigation pane to show or hide in ...

Whether you want to open the Component Services or any other utility on your Windows computer, the Run prompt is always there. Using the Run prompt to open the Component Services is probably the ...

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

Windows 11 KB5070311 adds dark mode to operation dialogs in File Explorer, matches Search UI height with Start menu and more.

Microsoft is testing a new optional feature that preloads File Explorer in the background to improve launch times on Windows ...

"We’re exploring preloading File Explorer in the background to help improve File Explorer launch performance," Microsoft ...

Microsoft has started rolling out Windows 11 KB5070311 for 25H2 (Build 26200.7309) and 24H2 (Build 26100.7309), and it ...

Windows 11 loads, then the interface unravels — Explorer crashes, the Start Menu vanishes, all tied to Microsoft’s latest ...

At Ignite 2025, Microsoft announced that File Explorer would eventually get hover files in File Explorer and use the new "Ask M365 Copilot" feature to ask more about them.