When Windows File Explorer keeps crashing, guesswork won’t help. These proven solutions fix the problem at its source.

Open the OneDrive desktop app. Navigate to Settings ->Sync and backup ->Manage backup. Toggle on all desired folders. Once done, OneDrive automatically backs up anything saved in those locations. This ...

Facepalm: Users have long criticized Windows 11 File Explorer as inferior to its Windows 10 predecessor. The essential tool suffers from slow launches, sluggish file searches, and delayed right-click ...

Microsoft is upgrading Windows 11 File Explorer by adding a preloading function for speedier launch times, as well as cleaning up and reorganising the right-click context menu. These updates are now ...

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Following the October 2025 Patch Tuesday updates, many Windows users began reporting a frustrating issue: the File Explorer preview pane suddenly stopped working for many common file types. In a move ...

Microsoft says that the File Explorer (formerly Windows Explorer) now automatically blocks previews for files downloaded from the Internet to block credential theft attacks via malicious documents.

What’s happened? A new Windows 11 update is live, aiming at smoother day-to-day use for most people, including gamers and anyone using accessibility tools. This is important because: The update trims ...

In OneDrive, users now see a new floating Copilot icon that will let them perform tasks by simply describing the chore at hand. For example, you can pick any PDF, doc, slide, or image file, and have ...

In this post, we will show you how to add Repository Folders for File Explorer version control in Windows 11. When you create a repository on GitHub, it exists online as a remote repository. To work ...