You can make Windows File Explorer open to This PC, instead of Quick Access in Windows 11/10, using GPO< File Explorer Options or REGEDIT.

Choose the This PC option from the Open File Explorer to drop down menu. As helpful as it may be to get File Explorer to display This PC by default, there is one more trick that I want to show you.

If File Explorer opens very slow to open then you can make Explorer load faster in Windows 11/10 by following these tips.

Once you install one of these apps, you’ll need to set it as the default file explorer on your computer. Otherwise, Windows will continue to open files with its built-in File Explorer instead of ...

If the File-Explorer-won’t-open issue continues, you can try to see what happens if you restart its process instance in the Task Manager. Here’s how to do that: ...

It lets you open multiple instances of File Explorer within the same window, where you can open different folders, similar to how browser tabs work. It’s one of my favorite Windows 11 features.

Run the script to open File Explorer with several tabs. Tip: You can try speeding up the script by reducing the WScript.Sleep values (specified in ms) if your computer has enough horsepower.

You can open File Explorer in more than one way, and in this guide, we'll show you nine (plus) methods to complete this task on Windows 10.