Microsoft is testing a new optional feature that preloads File Explorer in the background to improve launch times and performance on Windows 11 systems. According to Microsoft, the app will load ...

Whether you want to open the Component Services or any other utility on your Windows computer, the Run prompt is always there. Using the Run prompt to open the Component Services is probably the ...

In Insider Preview build 26220.7271, Microsoft introduces an optional setting to preload File Explorer at system startup, aiming to reduce the delay when users open it. No formal benchmark data has ...

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 ...

Microsoft is now working on a fix for a brief white screen flash when opening File Explorer.

Microsoft is testing a new version of the Run command window (summoned by pressing Win + R simultaneously) in Windows 11. The ...

A new test by WindowsLatest shows that Windows 11’s preloaded File Explorer still launches slower than its Windows 10 ...

Latest flak fired at Windows 11 over performance is a fuss about nothing – but it still shines a light on one of Microsoft's ...

Why bother with complicated regular expressions when you can point and click your way to finding the files and folders you need?

For a while now, it’s been possible to right-click on a file in Windows File Explorer and select the Ask Copilot option, which launches the Copilot app with the file in question as part of the prompt.

The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-9491, allowed cybercriminals to hide malicious commands from users inspecting files through ...