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 ...

Does File Explorer work fine one moment, then suddenly freeze, restart, or vanish altogether? These crashes aren’t random—they’re usually triggered by issues with File Explorer itself, its settings or ...

Microsoft is tackling File Explorer's sluggish launch times - not by stripping out the bloat or optimizing code, but by preloading the application in the background.… The update to File Explorer ...

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Tired of Windows 11 throwing a stun grenade at you every time you open File Explorer? Here is a simple fix. There are a lot of bad words one can rightfully say about Windows 11's underwhelming dark ...

What just happened? One might imagine that Microsoft had given up trying to repair a Windows 11 bug that caused File Explorer to open automatically, seeing as it was first reported back in late 2022.

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 ...