You don't have to stick with Microsoft's own utility. When it comes to something as fundamental as File Explorer in Windows—the utility for viewing and managing files on disk—you might think that you ...

One of the simplest configuration changes that I have made since making the switch to Windows 11 last year was to configure the File Explorer to open to the This PC screen. Normally, when you open ...

Microsoft uses file associations to set default programs for opening different file types on all its operating systems. As a result, when you open a file, be it text, image, or document, on your ...

Windows File Explorer offers a lot of options to change how you view files. What you might not know is that one important ...

On Windows 10, File Explorer is an essential app with a simple user interface for navigating, accessing, and organizing your files, folders, and apps stored on your device, external drives, and ...

The File Explorer in Windows 11 has been having a rough time. The initial redesign from Windows 10 displaced familiar features and the right-click menu was truncated, as were the options in the ...

If you changed the Navigation pane width in File Explorer on Windows 11/10, and you want to now get it back to the default width, then you can reset the File Explorer Navigation pane width to default ...