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Windows 11 recently received a fix for File Explorer sluggishness The cure is in preview, and tackles the overly slow opening of folders by using preloading Based on initial testing it seems to work ...

Is File Explorer crashing the moment you try to open a large folder in Windows 11 /10? Opening a large folder shouldn’t cause a system crash; however, if you face this issue, you are not alone. The ...

Microsoft has released PowerToys version 0.92.1, which is a quick follow-up update that addresses bugs found in the 0.92 release. This update does not add new options or changes. Instead, it makes ...

There are a lot of bad words one can rightfully say about Windows 11's underwhelming dark mode. Even though Microsoft is finally doing some work to improve it, there is one thing that drives me and ...

As strange as it might sound, Notepad has always been my editor of choice for writing PowerShell code. Sure, Notepad lacks a lot of the features that are found in other code editors, but I like ...

A few days ago, a new Windows 11 preview (Build 22635.4515) began rolling out to Windows 11 Insiders on the Beta Channel. This new update for Insiders includes several new features and improvements, ...

Microsoft keeps running into brick walls with the 2024 version of Windows 11. Each new update designed to fix the outstanding bugs ends up introducing other problems. That's apparently true with the ...

TL;DR: Microsoft has addressed a longstanding bug with OneDrive in Windows 11 that meant interacting with cloud-based files via the right-click context menu was incredibly slow at times. The fix is ...

Windows 11 brought a lot of upgrades to the stock File Explorer, but the app still misses a lot of features and small conveniences, whose absence makes the user experience less enjoyable. As usual, ...

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 ...