Microsoft is deeply integrating AI into Windows 11, most visibly by adding AI-powered actions to the File Explorer’s right-click menu. These new options, designed to summarize or edit files with a ...

An upcoming change now in preview will remove AI actions from the right-click menu when disabled or when there are no AI actions that apply.

Editor's take: Windows 11 brought a slew of UI changes and "improvements" few users welcome. File Explorer's state is particularly dire, yet Microsoft shows no sign of backing off its relentless quest ...

It is Friday build time, which means those in the Dev and Beta Channel can download a new preview build. Microsoft is now rolling out build 26220.7271 with some major improvements, such as full-screen ...

The File Explorer is a core part of Windows 11, allowing you to manage your files, move them around, organize them, or just delete them. Everyone who's used a computer has interacted with the File ...

A new Windows 11 Insider update optimises File Explorer search by removing redundant indexing operations, promising faster ...

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 ...

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 ...

Preloading will help File Explorer launch more quickly on less powerful hardware. Preloading will help File Explorer launch more quickly on less powerful hardware. is a senior editor and author of ...

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 ...