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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 ...

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 ...

PowerShell recovery scripts using WBAdmin no longer work in Windows 11, but VHDX mounting offers a manual workaround for restoring files. I recently wrote an article in which I walked you through the ...

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At the Microsoft Build conference this year, the company announced it will include a command-line text editor with Windows! This was followed up in a Windows blog post. We are introducing a ...

TL;DR: Windows 11's May update (KB5058411) is failing to install for some users, and others are experiencing File Explorer bugs, including the interface not working properly and weird problems with ...

Edit on Windows is part of new improvements to the dev experience. Edit on Windows is part of new improvements to the dev experience. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering ...

Microsoft has started rolling out its new “Hey, Copilot!” voice activation to Windows Insiders. Learn how to set it up. Image: Microsoft Microsoft is making it easier to talk to its AI assistant. The ...

Formerly known as MIntelligent Feed, Command Cloud Batch AI Feed harnesses data from the batching process to create a transformative differentiator for concrete producers and contractors. “The Batch ...

Justin Pot is a freelance journalist who helps people get more out of technology. February 25, 2025 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google One of the annoying things ...

Windows and most applications save their configuration in the registry database — or registry, for short. Whenever you change a setting, this affects the corresponding value in the registry, but there ...