16 ways to speed up Windows 11

Windows 11 does a lot under the hood to speed up a PC’s performance, but PCs tend to slow down over time as they accumulate apps, files, drivers, and other detritus. Even zippy ...
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5 sneaky steps I take to speed up Windows 11's File Explorer

File Explorer, formerly known as Windows Explorer, is a central component of the Microsoft Windows operating system. Far from a simple application, Explorer is deeply woven into the fabric of the OS, ...
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Windows 11’s slowest feature is about to get dramatic speed improvements, and its File Explorer’s This PC search

Marcus Ash confirms Windows 11 File Explorer search is getting the same speed and relevance fixes as Windows Search, starting ...
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Microsoft's plan to speed up File Explorer in Windows 11 backfires: double the RAM, still slow

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Microsoft's Windows 11 is widely considered to be in a pretty rough spot thanks to ongoing performance issues, unnecessary features taking up system ...
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Microsoft Is Testing A File Explorer Trick To Speed Up Load Times In Windows 11

The latest Windows Insider build for Windows 11 features numerous performance fixes and additions, especially for File Explorer. One of the fixes, pictured below, is a reorganized right-click context ...
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Microsoft Tests Background Preloading to Speed Up File Explorer Launch Times

Microsoft is testing a new feature that preloads File Explorer in the background to help the application launch more efficiently. The change runs processes in the background before File Explorer ...