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File Explorer is sluggish, buggy, and missing features—here's what to use instead

Outclassed by the competition.
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Microsoft is finally fixing a very annoying quirk of Windows 11 File Explorer tabs0 0

If you are tired of Windows 11 opening a new File Explorer window instead of a new tab, there is some good news for you. A tabbed File Explorer was a long-standing request from Windows users, which ...
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Windows 11 File Explorer is finally getting faster in 2026, but it’s been slower than Windows 10 for years

Windows 11 File Explorer is finally getting performance fixes in 2026. Microsoft promises faster search, navigation, and file ...
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This small app fixes a lot of missing features in Windows 11 File Explorer0 0

Windows 11's stock File Explorer misses quite a lot of small but important features, and this small third-party app fixes that. Windows 11 brought a lot of upgrades to the stock File Explorer, but the ...
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Windows File Explorer is broken, so I found a better open-source replacement

There is an open source solution to your file management problems, and it is based on open source software to replace your ...
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This Windows App Is Like File Explorer On Steroids

File Explorer is the default app for managing files on Windows. Despite improvements over the years, it has remained a frustrating tool to use because it's so slow and clunky. It's been such a problem ...