file explorer

This tutorial will show you how to change or increase the folder view settings cache memory size for your account in Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, and Windows 11 to have Windows remember more of your folder view settings. You can change the folder view settings in Windows to what you want...

This tutorial will show you how to manually change the template of a drive, folder, or library for your account in Windows 11. Windows 11 includes the default General items, Documents, Pictures, Music, and Videos templates used to optimize the layout and view of every drive, folder, or library...

This tutorial will show you how to change the group by view of a folder in File Explorer for your account in Windows 11. In Windows 11, 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 change the sort by view of a folder in File Explorer for your account in Windows 11. In Windows 11, you can change the sort by view of a folder in File Explorer to have all items in the folder sorted by the name, date, date modified, size, type, and more file...

This tutorial will show you how to change the layout view of a folder in File Explorer for your account in Windows 11. In Windows 11, you can change the layout view of a folder in File Explorer to show all items in the folder with a extra large icons, large icons, medium icons, small icons...

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable showing recently opened items for your account or all users in Windows 11. Your recently opened items will show in Start menu Recommended section, Jump Lists, and File Explorer by default in Windows 11. Recently opened items are stored in...

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off compact view in File Explorer for your account in Windows 11. If you feel File Explorer has too much space between items, you can turn on compact view to decrease space between items in File Explorer. Option One: Turn On or Off Compact View...

This tutorial will show you how to set File Explorer to open to either This PC, Home (Quick access), OneDrive, Downloads, or a custom location by default for your account in Windows 11. File Explorer opens to Home (Quick access) by default in Window 11, but you can change File Explorer to open...

This tutorial will show you how to add "Restart Explorer" to the desktop context menu of all users in Windows 11. The explorer.exe process is the user shell for Windows, and is used by such items as the desktop, File Explorer, Start menu, notification area, and taskbar. Restarting the...

This tutorial will show you how to restart the explorer.exe process as needed in Windows 11. The explorer.exe process is the user shell for Windows, and is used by such items as the desktop, File Explorer, Start menu, notification area, and taskbar. Restarting the explorer.exe process is to...

This tutorial will show you how to restore the classic File Explorer with Ribbon for your account or all users in Windows 11. File Explorer in Windows 10 has a ribbon, tabs, and a title bar with color. The ribbon includes common tasks, such as copying and moving, creating new folders, emailing...

This tutorial will show you different ways on how to open Folder Options in 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 11 File Explorer. Starting with Windows 11 build 23481, the...