File Explorer is probably one of your most frequently used tools if you are a Windows user. However, if you stick to its default settings, you are not utilizing its full potential. It comes with ...

Based in rural Minnesota, Brian Burgess worked in IT for 10 years before finding his passion for writing about consumer technology. Brian earned his degree in computer and network technology in 2000.

If you're not happy with the default Windows file manager, you're in luck because there are plenty of options that improve on the original. The file manager is one app that doesn’t always get the ...

I've tried many File Explorer alternatives, which include File Commander, Files App, File Pilot, and OneCommander, to name a few. However, every time, I am forced to come back to File Explorer because ...

Files is a powerful, modern alternative to Windows File Explorer, built on WinUI 3 with a clean UI, dual-pane support, tabs, tags, and advanced tools like previews, Git, and FTP. It fixes many ...

Along with fixing many code-based vulnerabilities, the October 2025 Windows updates also change how File Explorer handles files downloaded from the internet. The change affects the file management ...