If you're not happy with the default Windows file manager, you're in luck because there are plenty of options that improve on the original.

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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 ...

The Preview pane in Windows 11 File Explorer lets you quickly see file contents—like documents, images, and PDFs—without opening them. But after recent Windows 11 updates, many users have noticed that ...

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