Windows 10: The latest Windows 11 build is all about File Explorer (including performance)

Microsoft published a new Windows 11 Insider build today that is focusing on improving File Explorer, the default file manager on Windows.

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23545 for the Dev Channel contains a small number of other changes. Microsoft continues to throw taskbar search experiments at users; this time, instead of testing an open-on-hover experiment, Microsoft is experimenting with tooltips and clicks on the gleam that will take users directly to Bing.

The second non-File Explorer change brings a quick renaming option for the PC for the Nearby sharing feature and the ability to see Microsoft Teams contacts to send them files directly using the share window of the Windows system.

File Explorer changes

The new Windows 11 development build addresses several crashes in explorer.exe, for instance one, that caused Explorer to crash on close and another that caused a crash when two File Explorer windows were opened too quickly. Microsoft fixed other crashes in the build that could occur when opening the new Gallery view in File Explorer, after new images were added or when navigating away from Home.

Probably the most important change from a user perspective is the attempt to improve the performance of the file manager.

Microsoft writes: "Made a few more fixes to help improve File Explorer launch performance, including fixing a leak which would impact performance over time".

It is too early to tell if the improvements will make a noticeable difference to users who experience slow opening or loading performance when using File Explorer.

Those who still suffer from performance issues when using File Explorer may try the double-tap on F11 trick to see if it resolves the issue temporarily and speeds up the loading of folders.

The remaining changes address issues with the displaying of themes in File Explorer, a stuck loading icon in tabs, the display of incorrect icons in tabs, and an issue that caused all desktop icons to show up as white generic icons.

Annoyance about the poor performance of File Explorer in Windows 11 seems to be on the rise; this may have something to do with the increase in features and functionality that Microsoft added to the file manager in recent time.

Hard data about the performance of File Explorer is not available. Microsoft has this data, but it has not published any.

Now You: do you use File Explorer?



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Performance issues with File Explorer in Windows 10

Hello,

Thank you for your reply, appreciate the time taken by you in keeping us updated on the status of the issue.

As the issue still persists, I suggest you to try the below steps and check if this helps.

I would suggest you to perform System Maintenance troubleshooter on the computer and check if it fixes the issue.

Please follow the steps to perform System maintenance check to improve performance of the computer:

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  Press Windows and x key together and select Control Panel.
  
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  Click on Troubleshooting.
  
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  Click on View all on the left side panel.
  
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  Click on System Maintenance and follow the onscreen instructions.
  

I also suggest you to install the latest Windows updates and check.

Windows Update helps keep your computer up to date with the latest system updates and drivers. You can check Windows Update manually to help ensure you have the latest updates.

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  Hit Windows Key and type
  
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  Type Windows Updates
  
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  Click on Windows Updates
  
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  Click on Check for updates
  and install the latest windows updates.
  

Hope this helps. Please do let us know if you need any further assistance.

 

Windows 11 File explorer lag

Some improvements are now live in Insider channels Build 22000.466.

Releasing Windows 11 Build 22000.466 to Beta and Release Preview Channels

• We fixed some issues that affect File Explorer’s performance when you browse for files and select files.
  

The update for stable channel should be there by the end of this month.

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.