Preloading will help File Explorer launch more quickly on less powerful hardware. Preloading will help File Explorer launch more quickly on less powerful hardware. is a senior editor and author of ...

What’s happened? Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7271 introduces a revamped File Explorer right-click menu that reduces its vertical size by roughly one-third. Why is this important? Microsoft ...

If you’re also tired of the messy right-click menus in Windows 11, Microsoft seems ready to finally fix it. During its latest WinUI Community Call, the company discussed plans to adopt a new ...

Windows 10 support ends on October 14, 2025 (a few days from the time of writing), and some people are considering leaving Windows due to this. These folks may argue that Windows 11 isn't the perfect ...

Ever since Microsoft killed WordPad in 2024, the much-simpler Notepad app has been receiving several new features—almost as if it’s evolving into a better, more modern version of WordPad. Meanwhile, ...

Microsoft has been on a tear updating Notepad, and now it’s adding an updated context menu that’s more consistent with Windows 11. News of this change comes via Deskmodder, which speculates that we’ll ...

Modifying Registry keys is one way to customize a Windows PC, but it can be challenging for some and may render the system unusable if done incorrectly. Winaero Tweaker is a user-friendly utility that ...

- 🖼️ Add icons: Add appropriate icons to the context menu of the browser to make it easier to use - 🖊️️️ Optimize the style: Optimize the style of the tab-Context-Menu to make it look more modern ...

Editor's take: Windows 11 brought a slew of UI changes and "improvements" few users welcome. File Explorer's state is particularly dire, yet Microsoft shows no sign of backing off its relentless quest ...

With the latest Copilot update (version 1.25044.93.0), Microsoft has added an 'Ask Copilot' option to the Windows 11 context menu. You can remove the Copilot entry from the context menu by changing ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...