Latest Windows 11 update brings more reliable explorer.exe, AI agents, and new haptic engine

Windows 11's optional non-security preview update for April 2026 has finally been released, and includes a number of quality ...
Ubergizmo

Windows 11 KB5083631: Faster File Explorer And New Format Support

Microsoft has released the optional KB5083631 update for Windows 11 (Builds 26200.8328 and 26100.8328, version 24H2), introducing ...
Windows Latest

Windows 11’s Windows 95-era File Explorer Properties dialog is getting replaced with modern version and dark mode

Microsoft is finally replacing the old Windows File Explorer properties dialog. Hidden code reveals a sleek new WinUI 3 ...
Windows Latest

Microsoft’s Windows 11 update just fixed memory leaks, slow startup, and File Explorer bugs

Microsoft is fixing Windows 11's biggest bugs. The new update stops the File Explorer white flash, lowers RAM usage, and ...
XDA Developers on MSN

Windows finally fixed File Explorer's most annoying quirk, and it only took 20 years

Better late than never ...
TechSpot

Windows 11's updated File Explorer remains painfully slow despite using twice as much RAM

Facepalm: Users have long criticized Windows 11 File Explorer as inferior to its Windows 10 predecessor. The essential tool suffers from slow launches, sluggish file searches, and delayed right-click ...

Windows 11 gets big feature update with Xbox mode, new File Explorer features, and more0 0

Windows 11's latest feature update is here with Xbox mode, new File Explorer improvements, and multiple other changes, new ...

Changing This One Windows Setting Can Make File Explorer Run Much Better

If File Explorer on Windows 11 is running slowly and driving you crazy, this simple change to the settings will smooth out ...
TweakTown

Microsoft's plan to speed up File Explorer in Windows 11 backfires: double the RAM, still slow

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 ...