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Microsoft's fix for slow File Explorer: load it before you need it

Windows Insider build intros background loading for faster launches, sidestepping questions about app's sluggishness ...

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

Microsoft's solution for the sluggish Windows 11 File Explorer is more of a workaround than a proper fix. To boost response ...
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Microsoft's plan to speed up File Explorer in Windows 11 backfires: double the RAM, still slow

Microsoft's plan to fix the slow performance of File Explorer in Windows 11 involves having the app pre-load on startup, and ...

Hooray, Microsoft is making File Explorer faster, but it's still slower than Windows 10 and consumes more RAM. Boo

Preloading (or pre-caching) is meant to speed up the load times of File Explorer, which have, so far, been a major downgrade ...

Windows 11’s “fast” File Explorer is slower than ever and hogs more RAM

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

Microsoft Windows 11’s Latest Bug Knocks Out Start Menu, File Explorer

Windows 11 loads, then the interface unravels — Explorer crashes, the Start Menu vanishes, all tied to Microsoft’s latest ...
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How to add User Profile folder to Navigation Pane of Windows Explorer

A user profile folder (or User Folder) in Windows 11/10 contains files and folders stored in different locations like Desktop, Documents, Favorites, Downloads, Searches, Pictures, and more. It is ...