There are two reasons to install the latest version of Windows 10's PowerToys. First, and most important, PowerToys will soon start self-updating. You won’t have to ...

The Windows Explorer file management application in Windows 7 includes a preview pane that you can use to view the contents image files and other files on your hard drive. By default, the preview pane ...

Warren Smith can’t preview Word or Excel files in Windows Explorer. He asked the Answer Line forum for help. The Windows 7 version of Windows Explorer can preview .jpgs, .pdfs, and other popular ...

Microsoft has released a new Windows 11 dev build that modernizes the File Explorer details pane, improves the Windows Spotlight lock screen feature, and expands the "notification badging" rollout in ...

Windows Explorer (not to be confused with Internet Explorer, the Web browser) is Microsoft’s built-in file and folder manager. It’s a useful tool, but confusing in places and not very intuitive for ...

References found by users within a preview build of Windows 11 hint to more Copilot integrations within various features of the OS.

We're a fairly critical bunch here at XDA, and we've pointed out annoyances with Windows 11 multiple times in the past. One aspect that I've covered extensively is File Explorer, or, more specifically ...

To get macOS’ Quick Look on Windows, install the free QuickLook app from the Microsoft Store. Once running, press Spacebar in File Explorer to preview files ...

So, subject. Explorer's preview pane occasionally stops showing me previews. The problem files are almost always PDFs and it seems to occur more often on network mapped drives than local disks. The ...