File Explorer
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
2recommend
6warn against
Nov 23, 2025first mention
May 3, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I use the Quick access list for that”
“I have not noticed any delays opening file explorer”
Caveats and dissent
“they're just the result of MS adding even more ballast to an already overburdened system”
“making it impossible to customize the sidebar in Explorer”
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“Oh, the preloading of explorer into ram before it's launched? Lmao.”
“explorer.exe would crash, corrupting the copy. Still needs a lot of work to improve reliability.”
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All comments 8
“they're just the result of MS adding even more ballast to an already overburdened system”
“making it impossible to customize the sidebar in Explorer”
“Oh, the preloading of explorer into ram before it's launched? Lmao.”
“I use the Quick access list for that”
“I have not noticed any delays opening file explorer”
“explorer.exe would crash, corrupting the copy. Still needs a lot of work to improve reliability.”
“it doesn't have to do that at the cost of being abysmally slow”
“how abysmally slow explorer.exe has become”