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.

Microsoft is fixing Windows 11's biggest bugs. The new update stops the File Explorer white flash, lowers RAM usage, and ...

Windows 11's optional non-security preview update for April 2026 has finally been released, and includes a number of quality ...

Microsoft continues improving Windows 11 File Explorer with faster startup, fewer hangs, and reduced background activity.

For years, users have been complaining about how slow and sluggish File Explorer feels on Windows 11. Now, with Windows 10 having officially reached end of support, many are finding themselves facing ...

Update KB5051987, released last week for Windows 11 24H2, was supposed to bring important security fixes and quality-of-life improvements. However, some users who installed the cumulative February ...

Use the following fixes if File Explorer freezes when renaming files on your system. Before proceeding, check for Windows Update. Install the update (if available) and see if this fixes the issue. If ...

If you are not happy with how File Explorer in Windows 11 works, the latest update may help you a bit. It contains multiple fixes and some new features to make the stock file manager notably better.

Microsoft has released the KB5070311 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 systems, which includes 49 changes, including fixes for File Explorer freezes and search issues. KB5070311 is an optional ...

In brief: If you frequently deal with zipped files, File Explorer should soon perform notably better during extraction. Developers have optimized the feature in the latest Windows 11 Preview Build. It ...