file explorer

This tutorial will show you how to hide or show drive letters in File Explorer for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. A drive letter is a single alphabetic character A through Z that has been assigned by Windows to a physical drive or drive partition connected to the computer to...

This tutorial will show you how to expand or collapse groups in File Explorer for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. In Windows, you can change the group by view of a folder in File Explorer to have all items in the folder grouped by the name, date, date modified, size, type, total size...

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove Recycle Bin in the navigation pane of File Explorer for your account in Windows 11. The Recycle Bin provides a safety net when deleting files or folders. When you delete any of these items from a hard disk, Windows places it in the Recycle Bin...

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove Libraries in the navigation pane of File Explorer for your account in Windows 11. Windows 7 introduced libraries, which provide users with a single, coherent view of their files even when those files are stored in different locations. Libraries...

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off sync provider notifications in File Explorer for your account in Windows 11. Sync provider notifications are designed to help you by providing quick, easy information and suggestions about things you can do or new features you can try to have a...

This tutorial will show you how to hide or show the status bar in File Explorer for your account in Windows 11. The status bar at the bottom of File Explorer will show you how many items are in and selected for the currently opened folder. The two buttons below are also available on the right...

This tutorial will show you how to Pin to Quick access and Unpin from Quick access local and network folders, drives, libraries, OneDrive, This PC, Recycle Bin, etc... locations for your account in Windows 11. Quick access in the navigation pane of File Explorer (Win+E) allows you to quickly...

This tutorial will show you how to display the full path in the title bar of File Explorer for your account in Windows 11. File Explorer shows only the name of the currently open folder or drive in the title bar by default. In the new File Explorer with tabs, the folder name or full path will...

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the ability to open Folder Options for specific or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. You can use Folder Options (aka: File Explorer Options) to change the way files and folders function and how items are displayed in Windows. You must...

This tutorial will show you how to add (show) or remove (hide) the drives showing twice in the navigation pane of File Explorer for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Removable drives are shown as separate groups in the navigation pane of File Explorer by default in addition to being shown...

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off automatically expand to current folder in the navigation pane of File Explorer for your account in Windows 11. The navigation pane is the far left pane in File Explorer used to find files, folders, and drives on your PC or network. When you...

This tutorial will show you how to show or hide the navigation pane in File Explorer for your account in Windows 11. The navigation pane is the far left pane in File Explorer used to find files, folders, and drives on your PC or network. Starting with Windows 11 build 25136 and build...

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off show all folders in the navigation pane of File Explorer for your account in Windows 11. The navigation pane is the far left pane in File Explorer used to find files, folders, and drives on your PC or network. If you like, you can select to...

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove Linux in the navigation pane of File Explorer for your account in Windows 11. The Windows Subsystem for Linux lets developers run a GNU/Linux environment -- including most command-line tools, utilities, and applications -- directly on Windows...

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove OneDrive in the navigation pane of File Explorer for your account in Windows 11. OneDrive is built-in to Windows 11 by default. With OneDrive, you can sync files between your computer and the cloud, so you can get to your files from anywhere -...

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove Home in the navigation pane of File Explorer for all users in Windows 11. Quick access in the navigation pane of File Explorer (Win+E) allows you to quickly access and view your pinned locations, frequent folders, and recent files from one...

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable thumbnail previews in File Explorer for your account, all users, or specific users in Windows 11. File Explorer can display thumbnail previews (image) or icons of files in Windows 11. Starting with Windows 11 build 22557, File Explorer will...

This tutorial will show you how to show or hide the preview pane in File Explorer for your account in Windows 11. The preview pane in File Explorer shows you the contents of a file, such as image or text files, without having to open it with an app. Setting the preview pane to show or hide in...

This tutorial will show you how to show or hide the details pane in File Explorer for your account in Windows 11. The details pane in File Explorer shows you the most common properties associated with the selected file. File properties provide more detailed info about a file, such as the...

This tutorial will show you how to reset folder view settings to default for your account in Windows 11. You can change the folder view settings in Windows 11 to what you want for each separate folder. Folder view settings include the File Explorer window size, template, columns, column width...