Microsoft has released new Windows builds under the Experimental and Beta channels. They bring improvements and fixes.

Microsoft says Windows 11 File Explorer fixes go beyond preloading, with work targeting launch order, disk reads, hangs, and visual delays that have made the app feel slower than it should.

Fed up with File Explorer running sluggishly in Windows 11? Microsoft's doing 'foundational' work to fully fix it.

You take a photo on your iPhone and email it to yourself. You try to open it on your Windows laptop, but the computer says it cannot display the file. You see a file extension you do not recognize: ...

It's all included in the box now.

Nearly every major product family needs immediate patching, from Windows to Office to Microsoft Edge, SQL Server, and even Microsoft Developer Tools.

Whether you’re using your laptop for work, school, or personal projects, you’re bound to have lots of files stored in your File Explorer. It’s easy to just close out of a file after hitting “save,” ...

For now, it’s only available to those in the Insider preview program. The core of the fix is about working smarter, not harder: Microsoft wants to stop File Explorer from performing the same indexing ...

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 ...

With recent Insider Preview Build 26220.7271 (KB507030), Microsoft started testing a background preloading feature for Windows 11’s File Explorer. By the name, you can guess that it’s meant to speed ...

Microsoft is testing an updated File Manager with a new redesigned menu and performance enhancements in the Windows 11 Insider Preview build. The file manager now loads certain elements in advance so ...