You use File Explorer all the time, but have you mastered it? Here's how to take full advantage of it.

To fix many File Explorer issues, open to Task Manager > Processes, right-click Windows Explorer, and choose "Restart." You can open File Explorer Options window and click "Clear" to clear the ...

This will cause any open copies of File Explorer to close. The Windows Explorer process will restart and you can immediately open File Explorer to see if the problem has been resolved.

When one of the drives doesn't appear in File Explorer, you can try these troubleshooting steps on Windows 11 to resolve the issue.