windows file explorer

Thumbnails for filetypes like *.docx and *.pdf work, but I noticed that *txt files now show thumbnails (with Notepad icon) on my work computer, but not my home desktop. Is there another setting somewhere I'm not seeing that will reset/fix and show them on my personal machine? Thanks.

SageThumbs 2K 1.3.1 arrives as a substantial quality-of-life update for one of the most ambitious File Explorer extensions now available for Windows 10 and Windows 11, fixing a context-menu regression while delivering much faster thumbnail extraction for large creative and technical files. For...

Fix Drag and Drop Not Working in Windows 10/11 File Explorer Difficulty: Beginner | Time Required: 10 minutes Drag and drop is one of those Windows features you only notice when it stops working. If you can no longer drag files into folders, move items between File Explorer windows, drop files...

Good morning. I have customised what File Detail I want shown across "all folder's" as a View of the position. I did this via Options > View > Apply to All Folders and note the requirement/stipulation that they need to be of the same type. It is not clear if this simply means that folders need...

Sigma File Manager, a free and open-source file manager for Windows and Linux, has emerged as a pointed critique of Microsoft’s decade-long caution around File Explorer by bundling modern search, previews, split panes, tabs, tagging, LAN sharing, extensions, and project-oriented navigation into...

On May 23, 2026, Neowin highlighted a Windows File Explorer concept by designer Zee-Al-Eid Ahmad that reimagines Microsoft’s file manager with cross-folder selection, a persistent transfer panel, and a more heavily stylized Windows 11 interface. The mock-up is not a Microsoft roadmap, and that...

Background: I have a large .mp3 & .flac music library. I need to search for files & directories in groups of 1300 in order to copy them to individual USB drives i.e., group #1 files 1 thru 1300; group #2 files 1301 to 2600, etc. Why? Because the mp5 media player in my vehicles has a song...

CVE-2026-32081 and the growing attention on Windows File Explorer information disclosure Microsoft’s newly published CVE-2026-32081 is another reminder that not every dangerous vulnerability looks dramatic at first glance. In this case, the issue is described as a Package Catalog Information...

Google appears to be closing a small but persistent UX gap in Chrome on Windows by adding support for dragging and downloading multiple files from web apps directly into File Explorer — a change spotted in a recent Chromium code update that would let one drag action represent a group download...

Microsoft’s security tracker lists CVE-2026-20823 as an information‑disclosure defect in Windows File Explorer that can allow an authorized local attacker to disclose information from a host; the vendor entry is terse and administrators should treat this as a high‑priority local post‑compromise...