Microsoft is giving one of the most overlooked keys on your keyboard a surprisingly useful job in Windows 11. The humble tilde (~) key can now be used in File Explorer to quickly jump to your Windows user profile folder and the folders inside it. The change is currently being tested with Windows 11 Insider […]

Microsoft is continuing to refine Windows 11 through its Insider testing program, and the latest experimental update brings a mix of small but noticeable changes to some familiar Windows tools. The update focuses on File Explorer Home, Magnifier, and Print Management. While two of the changes improve the everyday Windows experience, Microsoft is temporarily pulling […]

Microsoft is making a useful change to Windows 11 File Explorer that should make it much easier to preview downloaded files without undoing the security protections introduced last year. A new “Preview anyway” button is being tested for the Preview pane. It will let users view a trusted downloaded file after File Explorer warns that […]

If you’ve ever been frustrated by File Explorer resetting your custom layout or throwing bizarre security warnings when you’re just trying to open a file from a work server, Microsoft is finally rolling out a fix. The latest batch of Windows 11 updates brings a wave of welcome quality-of-life improvements and bug fixes directly to […]