File Explorer is an essential Windows OS component that allows users to manage files and folders on their computers. However, sometimes, it might not respond as expected, causing frustration. This is ...

Microsoft has released the KB5070311 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 systems, which includes 49 changes, including fixes for File Explorer freezes and search issues. KB5070311 is an optional ...

The explorer.exe high memory, disk or CPU usage issue can significantly affect the performance of your Windows 11/10 PC. The possible troubleshooting procedures that you can try in no particular order ...

Windows File Explorer offers a search box that allows you to search for files in the current folder or anywhere on the computer. If you have noticed, Microsoft seems to have changed the behavior of ...

Keep these tools handy for ironing out install issues, diagnosing application crashes, probing process activity, slaying resource hogs, and curing other Windows ills. Last month I compiled a list of ...

These seven handy tools help you diagnose and cure a wide range of Windows ills, and they're all free for the downloading. No computer runs perfectly forever. Somewhere along the line, something will ...

I have a problem with Windows Explorer in Win 7 on my laptop. After the laptop has been running for a few days, Windows Explorer will hang for a about 1-2 minutes when I try to create a new folder. It ...

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 ...

[This article was originally published in September 2015. It has been extensively revised and updated since then. The most recent revision was August 29, 2016.] In June 2016, a month before the free ...