To enable compact overlay in the Files app, click the tab actions menu icon and choose "Enter Compact Overlay." The Files app ...

You can also customize how File Explorer feels by right-clicking the Quick Access list and clicking Options.

Windows offers a ton of options to get the built-in File Explorer to behave exactly how you'd like.

While File Explorer is getting minor improvements, the Windows Settings app has been completely redesigned with a new layout and additional customization options.

Microsoft has redesigned File Explorer massively in Windows 11 with new icons, a simplified ribbon, and a context menu. That said, there are seemingly no new functionalities to speak of.

File Explorer lets you temporarily hide any section only for it to pop right back then next time you open a window. Files, meanwhile, will remember that you hide a particular section.

Windows 11/10 File Explorer is awesome, but how does it stack up against Explorer++, a tool that supports tabbed browsing and more?!

Quick access gives you faster navigation to your most frequent folders and files, and here's how to customize the feature on Windows 10.

File Pilot is hands-down one of the best File Explorer alternatives we've ever seen on Windows, and it's ridiculously fast.