File Explorer is one of the most essential tools in Windows 11, but you may not know everything about it. Let's take a closer look.

Microsoft heard you like tabs, so it decided to put tabs into File Explorer tabs so you can tab while you tab. A future update will let you switch between recent, favorites, and shared files.

San Francisco, March 10 (IANS) Tech giant Microsoft has reportedly started testing tabs in File Explorer on Windows 11.

Now, when you tick the “Restore previous folder windows at logon” option in File Explorer’s settings, it will remember all your opened tabs and restore them when you log back into Windows.

Other File Explorer improvements include bug fixes for not being able to navigate by typing into the address bar, unexpected overlaps while in full-screen mode, and various issues that caused crashes.

Okay, so not everyone's interested in widgets, but we've caught a glimpse of icon animations, and a nifty feature for tabs in File Explorer.

The updated version of File Explorer brings several improvements, and here's what you need to know.

If you use Windows 11, you know that despite having tabs, the operating system still opens a new File Explorer window every time you open a link instead of opening a new tab.

Learn to always open desktop folders and external folder links in new tab of File Explorer in Windows 11/10 using Folder Options and Regedit.