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 ...

Leaked Windows 11 Feature Shows Copilot Moving Into File Explorer Your email has been sent Microsoft appears set to deepen Copilot’s role in Windows, with File Explorer potentially the next app to ...

Last month, Microsoft announced a new File Explorer pre-loading feature, which, when enabled, helps File Explorer launch much faster. As we mentioned in our previous report, the idea behind this ...

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 ...

Microsoft is testing a new optional feature that preloads File Explorer in the background to improve launch times and performance on Windows 11 systems. According to Microsoft, the app will load ...

Attempting to mask the sluggish performance of its modern interface, Microsoft is testing a controversial new feature in Windows 11 that keeps File Explorer permanently resident in memory. Released to ...

Microsoft has announced that it's testing out a new change on Windows 11 that will automatically preload File Explorer in the background in an attempt to speed up the app when users launch it.

To protect users’ computers from a vulnerability that could expose NTLM hashes when previewing potentially unsafe files, File Explorer will now disable the preview for files downloaded from the ...

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 ...